The document presents the proceedings of the 2nd IEEE International Symposium on Object-Oriented Real-Time Distributed Computing (ISORC’99), held in May 1999, in Saint-Malo, France. It includes various research papers and discussions on topics like middleware, applications, quality assurance, and fault tolerance in distributed real-time systems. Each paper reflects the authors' opinions and was published as presented, without endorsement from the IEEE or its sponsors.