Perhaps Microsoft will start thinking more about internal peer review before publication.
Gervas --- In [email protected], Steve Jones <jones.ste...@...> wrote: > > Its an impressively bad definition of REST though and one that does sort of > make you think... how come if REST is "simple" that people can be this order > of magnitude wrong. > > Steve > > On 24 August 2010 22:51, Michael Poulin <m3pou...@...> wrote: > > > > > > > Well, it is quite in the MS tradition: their BPEL is not a BPEL but > > WF/WCF; thier Ajax is not Ajax because it passes the entire page between the > > browser and the server; thier services are Web Services. I am waiting when > > they announce that Bill Gates is a Pope of Rome, in the Microsoft way... > > > > BTW, in their Cloud Computing offering they define Public CC as a CC > > running via puplic Internet. So, REST is a small 'animal' to them. > > - Michael > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Gervas <gervas.doug...@...> > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Sent:* Tue, August 24, 2010 1:21:04 PM > > *Subject:* [service-orientated-architecture] Microsoft & REST > > > > > > > > Both Stefan (in his blog) and Anne (on Facebook) have observed that > > Microsoft's definition of REST is: "An RPC protocol running over SOAP". > > > > The document to which they both refer can be found at: > > http://www.globalfoundationservices.com/security/documents/WindowsAzureSecurityOverview1_0Aug2010.pdf > > > > The passage in question states: > > > > <<REST (representational state transfer) > > An RPC protocol running over SOAP used for many interactions within the > > Windows Azure Fabric and with Windows Azure customer development > > environments.>> > > > > As they say in exam papers: discuss! > > > > Gervas > > > > > > > > >
