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On Wed, 4 May 2005 3:15 pm, Ken North wrote: > > Forgive my cinicisism, but if somebody could explain how > > that is different to high-end messaging in the '90s I'd certainly > > appreciate it. > > That seems to be the point, except today we're also talking about SOAP, > XML-RPC (XML documents in the payload). Oh ok... so we've changed the terminology... and just kept the "next generation" bit. I thought it was like groundhog day. > > Also, with queueing of messages, how is this principle > > relevant to smaller enterprises? Since in any one day > > they might only receive about 20 documents. > > It's asynchronous (like voicemail) so the sender doesn't have to worry > about establishing a synchronous connection. Ok, but I just sent a Purchase Order a minute ago to a Supplier using XML -> PDF via email. How is what you are talking about better...? > Unlike the '90s, you don't have to purchase a messaging middleware product. > Microsoft's MSMQ comes "in the box" with the operating system. There's > freely-downloadable ebXML Messaging software, for example. how would that work if they don't have ebxml or msmq? Anyway, I know what you are talking about, I'm just saying that it is a very hard sell... considering that there are much easier ways to accomplish the same thing. Regards David -- Computergrid : The ones with the most connections win.
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