• To: mc@x... (Mike Champion)
• Subject: Re: Generality of HTTP
• From: Mark Baker <distobj@a...>
• Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 21:27:39 -0500 (EST)
• Cc: xml-dev@l...
• In-reply-to: <1ZXW944832104KJ06VUWRKG831TWTOJ.3c4cbea5@MChamp> from "Mike Champion" at Jan 21, 2002 08:21:41 PM

> I guess my question is, "If HTTP is so general, why are vendors such 
> as BEA, Tibco, Progress, etc. moving to other protocols to "ensure 
> delivery of XML documents" via web services?  It's easy to agree with 
> Mark Baker (especially after browsing the REST Wiki) that in 
> principle HTTP is a 99/1 solution for internet communications, so why 
> is the world backing away from this in practice?  

Perhaps because they have a hard time taking anything seriously that
can deliver porn?  Dunno.  You'll have to ask them.

MB
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Mark Baker, Chief Science Officer, Planetfred, Inc.
Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA.      mbaker@p...
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