--- In [email protected], "Steve Jones" <jones.ste...@...> wrote: > > 2009/1/11 Anne Thomas Manes <atma...@...>: > > Michael/Steve, > > > > If the definition of SOA is so simple and obvious, why is it that > > we get into heated permathreads whenever someone says something > > like "SOA = integration"? > > Because that is the detail, which is where we are saying the issue > is but also because its part of the subversion that some analysts > and most vendors have done deliberately. SOA = Technology.
IMO, that's not "subversion." It's just another level at which SO principles can be applied. Ideal? Depends on one's goals. There are a couple of approaches to resolving the "issue." Continue to debate to arrive at a single detail definition. Or accept that many definitions exist and that all are okay, with pros and cons at each level. -Rob
