Comment Re:Bah, step back and stop playing Linux Zealot fo (Score 1) 148
The real question is, does MS really need another distributed object specification? Chances are, the microsoft implementation model will be built on top of COM/COM+.
I was employed for 2 months over my summer researching MS's COM so I could teach the company programmers what it was all about. Along the way, I attended a couple of talks by Inside COM+'s author (Mr Platt). From what I've seen, COM+ is a great specification - if 1) it wasn't changed every 2 months, and 2) if what is promised can be delivered.
Now, I'm not blind to the fact that the proposed SOAP is an Open standard, but, the point is that MS is going to be the first people to implement it. Because of this, I don't see many Open Source zealots rushing to implement it as well, seeing MS's track record on so-called Open standards. I'm always reminded of a quote from Inside COM - "At Microsoft, we feel we can always improve upon a standard" (this refers to the IDL, by the way).
Ah well. Enough of my miserable drivel. Now to actually go and look at the SOAP spec ...
I was employed for 2 months over my summer researching MS's COM so I could teach the company programmers what it was all about. Along the way, I attended a couple of talks by Inside COM+'s author (Mr Platt). From what I've seen, COM+ is a great specification - if 1) it wasn't changed every 2 months, and 2) if what is promised can be delivered.
Now, I'm not blind to the fact that the proposed SOAP is an Open standard, but, the point is that MS is going to be the first people to implement it. Because of this, I don't see many Open Source zealots rushing to implement it as well, seeing MS's track record on so-called Open standards. I'm always reminded of a quote from Inside COM - "At Microsoft, we feel we can always improve upon a standard" (this refers to the IDL, by the way).
Ah well. Enough of my miserable drivel. Now to actually go and look at the SOAP spec
