Gervas Dougla asked:
> [...] As CTO of an ESB vendor how useful do you think an XML Tuple
> Spaces-based middleware product would be, assuming that we are not
> dealing with (dare I suggest??:) an environment which is not
> exclusively Java-based?
Eric Newcomer replied:
> Gervas - that is a great question, and unfortunately I do not have a
> great answer ;-) I have to admit that I have not looked into this.
I have looked into this area fairly extensively, and the answer to the
first part of your question is 'very useful'*. Regarding heterogeneous
environments, your options will be somewhat smaller (depending on your
needs). Out-of-the box, enterprise class solutions will generally offer
more than just a Java API. If you're willing to do more integration
work, there are a lot more non-Java based systems out there that could
be used in conjunction with other 3rd-party offerings to provide an
enterprise-class solution. Of course, there are plenty of open source,
research quality implementations that might be of interest if you are in
the position of developing your own product.
Regards,
Elias
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