I started to write a response to Gervas & Sanjiva's emails, but then it got long enough and tangential enough to what we were discussing that I decided to post it instead.
Basically it tries to illustrate why Steve and other people (including myself, depending on the day) may be having so hard a time understanding REST. It also echos what Jan said about the relationship of WS-* to CORBA, but not quite so succinctly... ;) You can find it here if you want to read it: http://atownley.org/2006/12/socio-political-and-commercial-motivations-for-ws/ Cheers, ast -- Andrew S. Townley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://atownley.org
