On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Rob Eamon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], Gervas > > Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Schulte: Probably the biggest disappointment is the low level of >> reuse or sharing that they're getting. I had one CIO from state >> government tell me, "We're getting less than 10 percent reuse." >> You know, the best we ever see is 40 percent reuse. We consider >> success anything between 10 and 40 percent. > > So many people on this forum and elsewhere have said reuse/sharing > isn't the primary goal. Why is the view that SOA is *about* reuse > still so prevalent?
That's what I love about SOA so much. The term is so vague that pundits can completely disagree about something so basic as whether or not reuse/sharing is a primary goal. SOA is truly in the eye of the beholder! <grin> Maybe the view is prevalent because the OASIS RM for SOA ratified it: "SOA is a means of organizing solutions that promotes reuse, growth and interoperability." (line 175) -- Nick
