Chiusano Joseph wrote: >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? > > I think the "schism" hurt web services by creating FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt). Many companies were/are waiting to see which way the wind blows before making deep investments. On a personal note, the "schism" only made me all the more determined to help the grass roots efforts to make ebXML achieve wide scale adoption ;-) -- Regards, Farrukh 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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