On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 9:19 PM, Rob Eamon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Kirstan > > Vandersluis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "Rob Eamon" > > <reamon@> wrote: > > > > > > SOA is not an architecture. It is a style. > > > > I would maintain that SOA is a "thing", an architecture with a > > particular style. > > I don't disagree that architecture is a thing. Where we may disagree > is whether or not "SOA" is an architecture. I contend it is not.
Most of the confusion I assume stems from the name SOA : Service Oriented Architecture itself. Unless we have more appropriate name to refer to what SOA intends to in principal, it will continue to create confusion and unnecessary/repeated debates over what it is and what not. regards, shashank
