On Saturday 26 January 2002 07:12 pm, Paul Prescod wrote:
>  Gavin Thomas Nicol wrote:
>  > No. Your (and other's) assertion is that you should design for the
>  > mainstream, and that we should use the "mainstream" technologies
>  > that exist.
> 
>  I've never said such a thing. You're swinging at a straw man.

It's possible I've misinterpreted your emails, if so, I apologize. My impression was that yo
u were saying "HTTP was designed for the web, it exists, so therefore use it".

>  I propose to use HTTP for web services type things because I've
>  researched its design[1] and recognized that it is better designed
>  for these applications than the technologies being developed today
>  with considerably less thought and understanding. 

OK. This is your opinion (and I share it to a larger degree than you might think[2]). That s
aid, I don't consider [1] to be the final say here.... certainly not to the point of preclud
ing my experimenting with, and possibly promoting, other things, such as BEEP, or maybe a ne
tBLT/RPD-based mechanisms. 

[1] http://www.ebuilt.com/fielding/pubs/dissertation/top.htm

[2] I was an early proponent of the "micro-http" server approach BTW. I can't find a link, b
ut I once (94/95-ish) proposed this as an alternative to file upload.


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