On Aug 25, 2006, at 2:55 PM, Howard Kapustein wrote:
> > I'm a fan of wire standards as opposed to API standards
>
> Hear hear!
>
> I'm a fan of API standards, as long as they _complement_ the wire
> standard, not replace it. The former are just more durable over time
> (and it doesn't take that long either to bear out).
>
I don't have anything against API standards. They are good for
portability. Wire standards are good for interoperability.
I've had numerous discussion at companies where they believed
"standardizing on JMS" was a solution for interop, when in fact they
had just created a huge dependency on particular implementation.
Stefan
> [Libraries come and go, but wires are eternal? ;-]
>
> - Howard
>
> "Your training is nothing! The will is everything! The will to act."
>
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