Unix: Any support for creating com objects?

Question

I'm looking into migrating a CF 8 server from Windows to
Unix. I see in the documentation for CreateObject that com objects
are not supported on Unix, "Note: On UNIX, this function does not
support COM objects."
Obviously, this won't work on Unix: Note:
<cfset image = CreateObject( 'com', 'ImageStoreCom.Image'
)>
But what about this, can I create a remote com object?:
<!-- assume '172.0.0.1' is a windows machine with a
registered com object on it -->
<cfset image = CreateObject( 'com',
'ImageStoreCom.Image', 'remote', '172.0.0.1' )
Finally, if the example above is out of the question, are
then any techniques for exposing a com object to CF on a Unix box?
I'm wondering if maybe I could write a Java wrapper for the com
object and expose it that way?
Thanks for your help,
DJ

Answer 1

<ShotInTheDark>You might try wrapping your COM object
in a .NET class then accessing your .NET class
remotely.</ShotInTheDark>
http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/htmldocs/help.html?content=dotNet_02.html#1160020