Its taken 14 years for "people with decades of technical experience" to trust HTTP. And many of them still don't. I think perhaps we are gummed up in the trough of despondency :-)
Paul On 11/23/06, Gervas Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Three things, amongst a million others, have emerged from discussions > over the years on this Group: > > (1) Web Services are not identical to SOA; > > (2) Many people with decades of technical experience do not think that > WS are up to the job of providing the means to build robust, adaptable > and scalable SOA structures that will stand a reasonable test of time; > > (3) Most of the AppServer/middleware/EAI vendors who have transitioned > to being allegedly primarily SOA vendors seem to be basing their > offerings at least in significant part on conformance with WS standards. > > Bearing in mind (1) and (2), what would you suggest that the vendors > offer as an alternative to (3)? If you think the people who believe > (2) are mistaken, how confident are you that WS will provide a > satisfactory foundation for SOA-based development over, say, the next > 6 years (allowing for orderly evolution of WS standards)? > > Gervas > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > -- Paul Fremantle VP/Technology, WSO2 and OASIS WS-RX TC Co-chair http://bloglines.com/blog/paulfremantle [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Oxygenating the Web Service Platform", www.wso2.com
