- From: Dan Geer <geer@world.std.com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 13:12:51 -0400
- To: w3c-ietf-xmldsig@w3.org
stolen from Internetweek; can this be confirmed? --dan ------- Forwarded Message Microsoft Adds SOAP To Link Windows Apps Microsoft's bumpy road to Web-enabling its Windows platform has taken a new turn: An XML-based specification for distributed applications. Last month, the software giant began to promote the spec, known as Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), as a way to handle remote procedure calls (RPC) across the Internet. SOAP will replace Microsoft's Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) architecture, and will be cooked into the heart of Windows Distributed interNet Architecture (Windows DNA) 2000. "DCOM is pretty much dead" for Internet applications, although it is still viable on corporate intranets, said David Smith, vice president and research director of Internet strategies at GartnerGroup. Smith said SOAP represented Microsoft "finally getting its Web strategy right," after false starts like ActiveX. Moreover, he said SOAP is key to Microsoft's long-term vision of promoting a services architecture for applications. And because it uses XML, it also helps Microsoft take the high ground with a legitimately standards-based alternative to Java. ------- End of Forwarded Message
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