DCOM currently ships with Windows NT® 4.0 and will be available for
Windows® 95 before the end of 1996. DCOM for the Apple® Macintosh® will be available from Microsoft in early 1997. In addition, DCOM implementations on all major UNIX platforms, including a reference implementation in source code form, will become available in early 1997. COM and DCOM are no longer proprietary to Microsoft, but are managed by the independent ActiveX™ Consortium.