RE: [PHP3] Re: [PHP-DEV] More SOAP or Dampen Thy Evangelical Fires oh Disciples

>P.S. When all is said and done, Beating MS, or IBM or Sun for that matter >doesn't make your product a winner. Solving somebody's problem, being >open, and playing well with others does. Soap is just a protocol - and if >it can be used to communicate with servers built using COM++ as well as >other servers built using EJBs then so much the better. Well said! Imagine that you have developed a warehouse system running on a big AS/400 with SOAP interface that let me feed it with data. I have developed a system with a GPS that contact your system when the truck driver is 20 km from the warehouse. Your system will be alerted and can prepare where to set all the new good stuff... This is done using XML and HTTP. I don't need to do anything extra since almost all development languages have them. Neither do you. If you use Oracle, Delphi, Unix or something else doesn't make any difference to me. I really like SOAP and will embrace it to full extent. Just remember that SOAP may take 1 - 2 years to be fully matured and just like any other technology it should be used where it fits its purpose. I believe that Corba will keep on living for its purpose just like COM has its. Regards, Fredrik Larsson. Larsson Consulting, http://www.larsson.tc/