Re: WSIF's Early Demise?

Davanum Srinivas <[email protected]> Tue, 10 Jan 2006 22:37:59 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.comp.apache.webservices.wsif.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Andrzej,

If we get at least one person actively committed because of my email.
the effort was worth it. obviously you don't know me or my work, but
that's ok.

thanks,
dims

On 1/10/06, Andrzej Jan Taramina <andrzej-2/[email protected]> wrote:
> <sarcasm>
>
> WSIF is dead or dying and on it's last legs?
>
> Hardly!
>
> BPEL engines are gaining ground and attention, not to mention market share.
> Virtually every BPEL engine out there supports WSIF as an
> interface/invocation technology.  And these are from "small/inconspicuous"
> vendors such as IBM, Oracle and others.
>
> JBI and SCA?  They are too complex, too heavy weight, not standardized, not
> available and compete with each other.  Who knows where that space will go.
>
> Contrast that with WSIF's market penetration, simplicity and functionality.
> No contest.
>
> WSDL 2.0 is around the corner and there is a place for WSIF to integrate the
> new WODEN WSDL framework to support WSDL 2.0.  Not to mention the addition of
> more providers.
>
> We have an opportunity to make WSIF even more attractive, compelling and
> important.  Let's not waste it!
>
> As for the gentleman that suggested that WSIF needs to be put out to pasture?
> He's deluded and uninformed.  Need I say more?
>
> That being said, I would like to propose that we rename WSIF to just SIF.
> The "Web" term is misleading and superfluous. Some rebranding and
> repositioning of SIF would go a long way to explaining to many it's value
> proposition.
>
> </sarcasm>
>
>
> Andrzej Jan Taramina
> Chaeron Corporation: Enterprise System Solutions
> http://www.chaeron.com
>
>


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