On 7/5/06, Steve Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Which was the bit I'm trying to get across in saying that SOAP v REST > is a pointless debate. The consumer of the service cares only about > what happens, not about the mechanism to achieve it. I'm not arguing > that REST is wrong and should never be used, just that its not > actually important enough to argue over the bit in between.
It's important because the choice of architectural style effects scalability, reliability, simplicity, etc, and those things are important to customers. If your customer wanted you to build a large system for them, suitable for integrating disparate systems together, both their own and those of their partners & customers, would you start with a scalable architectural style, or a non-scalable one? The choice is as simple as that, I'm afraid. Mark. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/NhFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/service-orientated-architecture/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
