The loyal opposition is growing in weird ways.
A theory on why big vendors, big analyst houses, and the tech press want to sell you the worst possible solutions to your problems.
Adam Bosworth dumps on WSDL and hints at simple REST/HTTP interactions as being superior to WS-* in many ways.
The first of many such FAQs and announcements...
Carlos Perez with a nice wrap up of recent WS-* vs. REST discussion around the blogosphere.
More reports of shrinking WS-* mindshare and cries for tools for building REST based architecture.
Complexity is kryptonite to interoperability. It's that simple.
Oh, this is brilliant. Look at the bright side, Mark, at least it's horribly useless in a way that's interoperable!
:) "... it isn’t about REST or SOAP or WS-* or .NET or Java or whatever, it’s about easy." -- Tim Bray
... there has been a recent round of "glowing reviews from analysts". What could possible go wrong?
Mark Nottingham wondering why WS-Transfer (HTTP wrapped up in SOAP wrapped up in HTTP bwhhahaha) didn't get more heat from the opposition.
A big list of problems with the current WS stack. Contains pointers to mailing-list discussion on various issues.
Simon St. Laurent noticing the recent WS-Opposition.
Sean McGrath backing Tim Bray on the Loyal WS-Opposition.
The legs the Loyal WS-Opposition is standing on. (Tim Bray)
Joe Gregorio on Tim Bray's "The Loyal WS-Opposition" post. This might end up being a real committee or something.
Tim Bray on WS-Sanity: "So here’s what I’m going to do. I’m going to stay out of the way and watch the WS-visionaries and WS-dreamers and WS-evangelists go ahead and WS-build their WS-future."