title: TIBCO.EMS .NET client / WCF channel
body: <p>Folks,</p>
  
  <p>TIBCO has announced support for WCF channels back in April - has anything of that materialized by now??</p>
  
  <p>Where and how can I download either these new WCF channel bits, or where can I get my hands on a current .NET 2.0/3.5 version of the "TIBCO.EMS .NET client library" ?? </p>
  
  <p>We're a small ISV without any ties to TIBCO so far, but a large client of ours required us to interop with his TIBCO EMS system, without being able to provide the technical background info we need :-(</p>
  
  <p>Thanks for any hints and pointers !
  Marc</p>
  
  <p>Follow-up - 2009-Jan-14: Not much response here.... those of you using TIBCO EMS - how do you interface with it, e.g. communicate and send data back and forth??</p>
  
  <p><strong>UPDATE</strong> (April 2010)<br>
  I've had an opportunity to check out the "native" TIBCO.EMS.dll from .NET, as well as their WCF implementation, and my conclusion is: use the native API. It's easy, it's simple, it works.</p>
  
  <p>The WCF parts are horrendous. They're incomplete, very unconventional, they don't feel like a good WCF citizen. TIBCO only provides a transport element - you can't just use a ready-made emsBinding or something - you'll have to define that yourself. I was very disappointed - I had expected more from a company the size and reputation of TIBCO....</p>