It is an architecture orientated towards services, not an architecture of the services themselves. Also three-letter acronyms are more precise and less ambiguous than two-letter acronyms. "SA" conjures up visions of South Africa, South America and marching men singing "Die Fahne hoch..."
Gervas --- In [email protected], "john_d_apps" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why is an architectural style that wishes to be viewed as "service" > only oriented towards being one? > Semantics? I think not. When visiting a location which offers a > "service", e.g., restaurant, shop, school, senior institute, one would > be more than disappointed if things were only oriented toward a "service". > Service Architecture sounds "clumsy" after hearing SOA (better > phonetically too!) for some years now. However, I believe it is a > Service Architecture that we are all aiming for, or most of us anyway. > Be it in IT or elsewhere. >
