Guys, This is probably the wrong forum for thrashing web services in general. You are welcome to trash axis though :) as this is a forum for debating user issues with Axis.
-- dims On Sat, 15 May 2004 12:54:34 +0100, Tom Oinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Galbreath, Mark A" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 4:17 PM > > Subject: RE: Project from hell? > > > >>What's the solution? I have pressure all over me to create Web services > >>for every f*cking application in the ..... department. What gives? It > >>seems to me that Web services has been way totally overhyped and it > >>delivers nothing of value. > > You forget - the management have heard the phrase 'web services', as > with most management once an idea gets in it doesn't get out for a > while, so what the hell - do whatever you were going to do anyway and > lie about it including web services ;) If your ethics don't let you do > this for some reason then pick a bit of the current communication > structure and move it to WS. It won't actually really benefit the > application at all but it will mean your system 'uses the latest open > standards from the w3c...' etc etc. It's not like the people saying 'use > web services' are actually going to look at, let alone understand the > code... > > The alternative is to start a campaign of fear about the security holes. > Point out that websites get hacked all the time, and that 'obviously web > services have the same security risks'. Of course, that isn't really > true, but it seems to me that your problem isn't a technical one at all, > it's political, I'm sure you're good enough at what you do to provide > them with the functionality they want, just a question of avoiding the > interference from on high in the process. > > Good luck :) > > Tom (okay, this isn't an entirely serious reply, but it's not entirely > joking either!) >
