Don Park wrote:
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>...
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> Until we have convincing answers to these questions, arguments over SOAP
> and REST are no more interesting than sports bar arguments.
I disagree because I don't see the Google use case as a killer app for
web services. The two killer apps for web services are:
* enterprise application integration
* cross-organization integration (supply chain integration, customer
data sharing, etc.)
Furthermore:
> 2. What is the cost of operation?
> 3. How will accountability and liability be distributed?
There must be answers to these questions because people have been doing
"web services" since there were computer networks...in the form of EDI
and other technologies based on proprietary networks and sometimes
proprietary protocols. This is the core business of e.g. the financial
arm of Reuters. In theory web services should bring the price down so
that this (proven!) business model will be more widely applicable.
Paul Prescod
