Matthew MacKenzie wrote: > > I just wish the web services picture was a bit clearer and in focus. Matt, What aspects of the "Web Services picture" might you be referring to? The current and emerging standards/specifications? The overlaps between/within consortiums? Interoperability or lack thereof between various specifications/standards? Interoperability or lack thereof between various Web Services-based application frameworks? The list goes on... Joe > I'm sure there is something interesting to see there, its just too > dark and out of focus. > > :-) > > On Mar 25, 2004, at 8:16 PM, David RR Webber wrote: > > Joe, > > The most irreverent answer! > > #20 - everyone is talking about web services > #19 - there are more people thinking about web services than doing them > #18 - web service articles are everywhere in magazines - but noone is > quite certain about the accuracy of the details in them > #17 - proven benefits of web services are hard to show but if people see > you doing web services they will try and mingle in with your group > #16 - everyones trying to figure out how they can cash-in on web services > #15 - web services sound and look young, tight and amazing in the glossy > magazines > #14 - web services can change their look rapidly and without warning > #13 - everyone has their own ideas about how they'd like to do web services > #12 - its hard to describe to your neighbours what you are doing with web > services > #11 - people who are not really doing web services will say they are anyway > #10 - a lot of rich people and PR machines are behind web services > #9 - web services looks like its just life on a beach but in reality its > much more > confusing and complex than that > #8 - the long term consequences of doing web services could result in some > unforeseen side effects from things that might be revelled later that > took > place earlier that you did not know about > #7 - getting a legal agreement before doing web services is really tough, > most people are doing it anyway while they have the chance and > hoping it will all be alright later > #6 - web services are all over the internet and in junk mail > #5 - web services are young, make a lot of noise, and some of the things > they do are crude and shocking > #4 - doing things with web services probably means alot of late nights > and having to fix up messy loose ends before someone notices > #3 - there is no standard way of doing web services but people will take > anything that web services are doing and then sell them for as much > as they can get > #2 - web services are trying to become things that they are not, but would > like to be somehow > #1 - web services can do absolutely anything you want them to do - and in > ways you never even thought possible. > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list (and be removed from the roster of the OASIS TC), go to http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/regrep/members/leave_workgrou p.php. > > ___________________________ > Matthew MacKenzie > Senior Architect > IDBU Server Solutions > Adobe Systems Canada Inc. > http://www.adobe.com/products/server/ > matt@adobe.com > +1 (506) 871.5409 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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