On 12/12/06, Mike Glendinning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Most of what goes on in business today is actually quite "tightly > coupled". > > In particular, buying and selling stuff (that is, the general > commercial trading activity of most businesses) goes through a strict > legal process of contract formation and transaction execution between > two parties. This involves well-defined legal concepts such > as "invitation to treat", "offer", "acceptance" and "consideration".
That sounds very loosely coupled to me, because the vocabulary of the transaction is standardized. Tightly coupled would be when one business needs to couple itself to the specific, proprietary business processes of another. I suspect you mean "tightly/highly cohesive" rather than "tightly coupled". The vast majority of business transactions are loosely coupled. Exceptions include some kinds of partnerships, and mergers/acquisitions, of course. Mark.
