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Subject: Re: [soa-rm-ra] A comment on ecosystems
Frank, I believe we all agree on this, but I think you put it very well. Our discussions have always pushed in the direction of the "appropriate" unexpected -- here, I'm differentiating from repurposing for malice or illegal profit. Is there any place where we have limited ourselves? Ken P.S. I had a productive discussion with our TOG friends this morning, and I'd like to pass this along to them. It also shows a repurposing of something that isn't necessarily within your enterprise. On May 7, 2009, at 1:23 PM, Francis McCabe wrote: > I mentioned that I had been thinking about ecosystems lately, and > this image captures an aspect of this nicely: > <07moth-prac.jpg> > > > The point here is that the icon for wifi has be repurposed in a way > that is both unexpected and obvious at the same time. > > The idea that somehow we can build an ecosystem where the only thing > that is going on is new services being added -- each of which is > neatly described etc. -- is naive. In a true ecosystem, the > different players build on each other in unexpected and non- > foreseable ways. > > Another example of this is Google. Google uses the web HTTP/HTML to > deliver its services. But its role in the web ecosystem is not > captured by HTTP/HTML. If you view its wordsense/advertising > functions as one of its most influential 'services', the full impact > of this is not felt by the delivery means. > > If you think about what will happen with the next 'big thing'; you > can be reasonably sure that (a) it will build on the success of > services like Google and (b) that it will do so in a way that is not > currently predictable (otherwise we would all be driving better cars). > > I can see a scenario where the next big thing in SOA will layer over > services, will use services and SOA concepts, but is not containable > by SOA concepts such as description and interaction. > > Do not know what this means for the RA, except that I have a strong > feeling that we have been limiting ourselves too much. > > Frank ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ken Laskey MITRE Corporation, M/S H305 phone: 703-983-7934 7515 Colshire Drive fax: 703-983-1379 McLean VA 22102-7508
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