title: Where COM and OLE are used in 2019?
body: <p>I'm not very familiar with COM. So I wonder if it's not dead, considering there's <em>.Net</em>.</p>
  
  <p>Were is COM still used? Is it used to implement parts of <em>.Net</em>?</p>
  
  <p>As far as I know <em>MS Office</em> is based on OLE. Do they still use OLE?</p>
  
  <p>It seems like it's the underlying technology for many things, and everything what's claimed to replace COM is just a wrapper. Is it so?</p>