Web Things, by Mark Baker

“We will have succeeded when no one cares”

“The Evans Data survey found a 37% increase in respondents implementing or considering REST, with one out of four surveyed saying that they are considering REST-Based Web Services as a simpler alternative to SOAP-based services.”

Norm finally picks a side… the right one, as it turns out 8-)

SOAPHttpRequest?! *groan*

… and shows a lack of understanding of REST and Web style services. Sounds like they could do with another co-CTO (Tim?) 8-)

“I suggest they roll some heads and figure out a real product strategy” Heh. Who couldn’t see that one coming? If I were them, I’d be be giving AOL a call.

“RDF categorically *does not solve* this problem. It *mitigates* it, on the belief that we will tend to see less model theories than formats flying around.”. Heh, +1. Of course, I think we will see less model theories.

“The biggest threat to Google isn’t that someone else will implement the same Calendar API as Google, it’s that someone will make web pages uncrawlable through proprietary extensions to HTML or HTTP”

No SOAP support. Not even a mention, AFAICT.

“Please take note… per our announcement on May 12, we will shutdown Version 3 of the API today. Please make sure you have migrated your applications to Version 4 in order to ensure uninterrupted service” – this, from the world’s most successful Web company. Obviously somebody missed a memo.

“If you’re going to expose your service through multiple protocols then I really think that should it should be done in such as way as to take full advantage of the features of each protocol.”

“I think I’ll come out of the closet as an admitted RESTafarian / Web Stylista” Welcome to the fold, Stu! One dist-obj mailing list alumnus converted, (at least) one more to go. 8-)