On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 2:32 PM, Steve Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * SOA is ill-defined. Perhaps ill-defined is too harsh a word. > > Complaints with various definitions: too broad, too loose, too > > abstract, too narrow. > > The same could be said about OO,
Absolutely. > or indeed "Architecture", that Nope. We've had a reasonably clear and stable definition of software architecture (at least) for at least 20 years now. > doesn't mean it isn't helpful. Sure it does. Words without well-defined meaning hinder communication, which is the definition of unhelpful fo Mark. -- Mark Baker. Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA. http://www.markbaker.ca Coactus; Web-inspired integration strategies http://www.coactus.com
