Comments on: Eclipse Swordfish - An SOA Runtime Environment http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/12/20/eclipse-swordfish-an-soa-runtime-environment/ One foot in the muck, the other in utopia Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:16:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Warren Henning http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/12/20/eclipse-swordfish-an-soa-runtime-environment/#comment-118579 Warren Henning Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:30:53 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/12/20/eclipse-swordfish-an-soa-runtime-environment/#comment-118579 Pretend I'm 5 years old. Tell me in 50 words or less what service-oriented architecture is. Tell me why a simple, Plain Old XML over HTTP API doesn't suffice and why I should care abut "WS-*". Why should I spend my spare time coding stuff that's only relevant to huge corporations? How am I supposed to be passionate about solving GE or IBM's problems? I'd rather solve the ones my friends or my parents have. Pretend I’m 5 years old.

Tell me in 50 words or less what service-oriented architecture is.

Tell me why a simple, Plain Old XML over HTTP API doesn’t suffice and why I should care abut “WS-*”.

Why should I spend my spare time coding stuff that’s only relevant to huge corporations? How am I supposed to be passionate about solving GE or IBM’s problems? I’d rather solve the ones my friends or my parents have.

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