Re: [xml-dev] SOAP and the Web

["Didier PH Martin" <martind@netfolder.com>]

Hi Mark,

Mark said:
> There's simple, though non-obvious reasons why the common use of SOAP
> will never see this type of growth.  Primarily, it's because the a
> priori contract that is present between a SOAP sender and a SOAP
> receiver is insufficient to generate any network effects.  HTTP provides
> a much richer contract.  And for that matter, so does FTP, SMTP, and
> every other application protocol in existence.

Didier replies:
Judicious.

cheers
Didier PH Martin