I'm in a bit of a "controversial" (tongue-in-cheek) mood today, so I thought I'd through this out and see what comes back. My thoughts are spurred by a book on that I am currently reading. Please note as you read this that I am in a position in which I am vendor neutral. 3 years ago, when the first phase of ebXML was getting ready to wind down, I was a mere observer on various listservs, so I don't have the perspective of someone who was in the throws of things. However, I've been thinking: Did ebXML Help Accelerate the Web Services Evolution? More specifically: I understand that there was a "schism" of sorts at one point (exactly when I am not sure) in which several major vendors pulled out of ebXML. These vendors happen to be those that are considered to be the driving forces behind Web Services (by this I mean the "SOAP/WSDL/UDDI"). Web Services. I wonder - if this "schism" did not take place (assuming that it indeed did), would Web Services have taken off as quickly as they did? Did this "schism" give more motivation to these vendors to evolve the "base" Web Services standards as quickly as they were evolved? What if these vendors had not pulled out of ebXML? What would the landscape look like now? Thoughts? Comments? Kind Regards, Joe Chiusano The ebxml-dev list is sponsored by OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> The list archives are at http://lists.ebxml.org/archives/ebxml-dev/ To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription manager: <http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/>
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