Conclusions, at this stage, seem to be premature.
As concerns (1), the general feeling was that in its current state CORBA does not provide an answer. As an alternative, ILU was mentioned.
Very surprisingly, a vote on (2) resulted
in a majority in favor of a more formal approach.
However, not in a prescriptive fashion but rather to better understand
the nature of the Web and the basic needs of
application developers.
Hopefully, this is not the end of the discussion. To the participants, thanks for your contribution. Anton Eliëns