[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] RE: MS thinks HTTP Needs Replacing???
> This works for small transactions asking for Web pages, but when Web > services start running transactions that take some time to complete over > the protocol, the model fails. "If it takes three minutes for a response, > it is not really HTTP any more," Box said. The problem, said Box, is that > the intermediaries -- that is, the companies that own the routers and > cables between the client and server -- will not allow single > transactions that take this long."' Well, keep in mind this is from the guy who gives speeches naked or in a bathtub. So, saying and doing outrageous and provocative things is certainly nothing new for him. He is fiercely independent-minded, which is not really such a bad thing. Anyway, at first blush, I would say Don is just admitting what Paul Prescod has been saying all along: maybe some things are done best *without* overloading HTTP further. And be assured that no group at MS that I am aware of is planning to kick HTTP out the door anytime soon. For more sensational "personality" reporting, check out businessweek on the semantic web: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/02_09/b3772108.htm "Whatever else 1955 is remembered for, it boasts two notable birthdays. That June, Timothy J. Berners-Lee popped into the world in London, and a few months later, William H. Gates III opened his eyes in Seattle. Gates went on to become the richest person on earth as head of Microsoft Corp. (MSFT ) Tim Berners-Lee might be giving Gates a run for the money, but he passed up his shot at fabulous wealth--intentionally--in 1990. That's when he decided not to patent the technology used to create the most important software innovation in the final decade of the 20th century: the World Wide Web. Berners-Lee wanted to make the world a richer place, not amass personal wealth. So he gave his brainchild to us all."
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