“Is Microsoft out to get HTTP? That was the implication of a news article that appeared a couple months ago, but the story overstated matters a bit. As Microsoft XML Web services architect Don Box said in a conversation with me, HTTP is way too pervasive not to dominate Web services for some time now. But it’s still a less-than-ideal protocol for much of what’s planned for Web services.” Editorial at ZDNews.
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Eugenia Loli
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Microsoft and the Java camp love XML … it’s not going to change the world though. Web services are just the latest thing people are harping on about. It’ll be years before we see (or don’t see as the case is) anything useful. The spec for it will probably change along the way too.