On 1/24/07, Alex Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > An SOA is simply a software architecture based on services. What's a > service? A software program that is intended to be used by another program.
That's pretty close to how it's used in practice, in my observation. But that's not a good thing 8-) Can you name a system that *isn't* SOA by that definition? It's funny that we'll accept essentially meaningless definitions for software terms, yet for little else. Could you imagine if we defined Hermitage to be "red wine", or Amedei as "chocolate", or a Lipizzaner Stallion as a "horse"? Definitions need to be sufficiently precise in order to enable one to distinguish what is from what isn't. Mark.
