We are pleased to announce the availability of Fnorb 1.3. Fnorb is a pure-Python CORBA implementation. This release can be downloaded from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=44742&release_id=172834 This release adds support for CORBA 2.1 and its type extensions, and for corbaloc/corbaname object references. It also adds a pure-python preprocessor and a test suite. Please report any problems with this release to sf.net/projects/fnorb. Enjoy, Martin