& XSLT Hmmmm, what Does SOAP/WS Do that A REST System Can't?

Lots:

1) Provides big vendors with new vendor lock-in and marketing spin 
opportunities.

2) Adds additional complexity and obfuscation that are unnecessary in many 
circumstances.

3) Adds a lot of overhead.

4) Provides a marked reduction in scalability, especially when used by the 
unwashed masses as an RPC mechanism.

5) Highlights the beauty of KISS-based approaches.

6) Lets you create an acronym that has no formal expansion, which sounds like 
an oxymoron.

7) Gives the XML-Dev group, and the industry as a whole, lots to 
discuss/argue about.

8) Opens up the door to silly questions.

<grins/> 

Andrzej Jan Taramina
Chaeron Corporation: Enterprise System Solutions
http://www.chaeron.com


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