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Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 2:35 PM
To: Rich Salz
Cc: XML Developers List
Subject: Re: [xml-dev] A bunch of components, but no mandated
organization - reasonable?
Rich,
> > Absolutely not true... you conveniently forgot the web server
> > and the soap layers and a whole lot of other practical
> > complexities... it's a multi-level stack system for
> > crying out loud.
>
> Only if you let it be. I guess my earlier note was too obtuse. If
you
> don't need all the WS-xxx stuff, *don't use it.* If you don't need an
> Apache or IIS implementation for HTTP, *don't use it.* If you want to
> send "raw" XML over TCP, future-proof yourself and put your elements
> inside a SOAP container. Is this more clear?
Now it's finally clear - I didn't know that. Maybe reading all the
vendor brochures has confused me.
> > Let me ask you a question though... do you actually
> > use it in your day to day business? or is it merely
> > something you just recommend to others to buy?
>
> I used to use it more before my current job, which is now focused on
> building infrastructure. But if I were going to build a distributed
> application today, I'd make it SOAP-based, absolutely. (Did you
intend
> to make your question kind of snippy? That's a rhetorical question --
> of course you did. :)
I thought so. Not uncommon in any case.
So have you done any distributed apps with soap? or any in the
pipeline?
David
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