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Subject: RE: [soa-rm] Fwd: [TechRepublic] SOA model for enterprise apps
Rex:
I believe we all share your vision of "technical
excellence".
I was actually toying with the idea of getting a shirt
design for our
TC. Came up with a rather edgy design - the top would have
"OASIS SOA RM
TC in arced letters, the middle with a skull and an eye patch,
then at
the bottom the greek words "Μπορείτε να δοκιμάσετε πάλι:
"
Duane
Rex Brooks wrote:
> I thought it might be of
interest to note that we are now seeing a
> bombardment of articles and
white papers touting SOA, and providing
> models and definitions, which
strikes me as very indicative of the
> kind of frenzied activity that we
see when a 'buzz' word or concept
> makes the rounds. This is exactly what
I meant when I started working
> on my recent series of articles on
EA-SOA, Fad or Foundation?
>
> I am not going to post the urls,
unless asked since it is a four-part
> series and long enough for a short
book by itself and not dedicated to
> SOA per se, and that is not the
thrust of this message, which is, to
> be honest counter-intuitive. I
would like us to simply hold off on
> pushing forward so vigorously that
even if we deliver a spec in record
> time and letter perfect down to its
manicured toenails, it will be
> lost in this confusion of "experts"
including my own contribution to
> the overall "mess." Also, after having
been through several larger
> efforts to build standards for more narrowly
focused technologies, I
> begin to distrust anything that hasn't taken at
least a year to work
> its way through a vigorous process.
>
>
While the editors are to be commended for producing drafts so quickly,
> I
haven't had the time to properly absorb what is on the agenda for
>
today's meeting, let alone what the long term implications and
>
ramifications of these definitions and terms actually represent.
> Perhaps
as another indication of why I find this whole topic somewhat
> alarming
for the rapidity with which it is overtaking both the trade
> press and
the IT providers, I am actually getting an online demo of an
>
SOA-specific product today, which I won't bother naming since I
> haven't
had a chance to view it yet, but the very fact that it pushed
> its way on
to my schedule after last week and in time to overlap with
> today's
meeting, which I will attend even if I am not actively
> discussing much,
supports my point--the hurrier I go the behinder I get.
>
> I think
we will do ourselves a favor if we just slow down to a more
> deliberate
pace, and let this initial flurry of attention and hype
> subside while we
pore over this in a bit more thorough way. I
> recognize that this is
unlikely to receive a favorable reception, but
> the faster we go, no
matter how thorough we think we are being, the
> more I am convinced that
our work will be flawed seriously for lack of
> enough time for our
collection of brains to gain sufficient
> perspective to view our own
enterprise here in a more balanced and
> objective way.
>
>
However, in the end, what do I know? Not very bleeping much.
>
>
Ciao,
> Rex
>
>
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