Re: Axis vs Glue

[Anne Thomas Manes]

I didn't say that Axis is not as good as GLUE, and I didn't mean to imply it. I only said that GLUE is easy to use and that the standard edition is free. (facts, not comparisons)   Obviously -- based on the amount of time I spend answering questions on this list -- I am a big supporter of Axis. Axis is unequivocally the best open source Web services platform available, and my goal is to help make this product even better. For people that want to use an open source product with Java, Axis is the only way to go.   But I will also pay homage where homage is due. So now I will give you some comparisons.   GLUE is unequivocally the easiest to use Web services platform for Java available. I refer to it as ".NET for Java". Ease-of-use has been one of The Mind Electric's primary goals, and it shows. GLUE is also one of the fastest implementations available, and it supports a number of advanced features, such as excellent support for document/literal and WS-Security.   On the flip side, The Mind Electric is a tiny company, and in these tough economic times it's always a good idea to examine the viability of a tiny company. You should also be aware that GLUE delivers it's exceptional ease of use via a set of proprietary APIs (It also supports the standard JAX-RPC APIs -- but the proprietary APIs are much easier to use than the JAX-RPC APIs).   For someone just starting out, trying to learn the technology, GLUE's a good choice. Especially since it's free. I've also suggested on more than one occasion that it's a good idea for Axis users to play with multiple products to learn the ins and outs of this technology. And I strongly suggest that all Axis developers play with the other products (esp. GLUE, WASP, CapeClear, and XMLBus) to learn how these other companies do stuff. Competition drives innovation.   Anne ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 4:27 AM Subject: RE: Axis vs Glue Anne,   Are you saying that AXIS (supported by IBM and Apache) is not as good as GLUE?   Who supports The Mind Electric? (Unless Microsoft does!!)   I would think that AXIS is a safer bet, so that finally when Web Services standards fully mature, then one can migrate to a professional product (if need be). Given the history of Apache organisation and given that AXIS is likely to be a benchmark system for other vendors, I would still bet on AXIS rather than other vendors.   May be it's just me :-)   Regards,   Santosh -----Original Message----- From: Anne Thomas Manes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 11:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Axis vs Glue GLUE is very easy to use. The standard edition is free for commercial use.   Anne ----- Original Message ----- From: Jan Agermose To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 4:38 PM Subject: Axis vs Glue Does anyone have any pros/cons on the two? If this is an allowed question :-) Glue looks a bit simpler to get started with - might just be better documented :-D but then the prof. edition is somewhat expensive...   Jan Agermose