Re: HTTP Methods

On Mar 9, 2004, at 11:24 AM, Patrick Stickler wrote:

>
> On Mar 09, 2004, at 12:13, ext Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote:
>
>>> they are) then fine, but ultimately, if you want data 
>>> (representations
>>> or descriptions) then HTTP is the best game in town.
>>
>> :-) :-) Well - _that_ is a point I do not quite share; there are 
>> actually other
>> protocols out there ;-) :-) which do a fine job for specialist 
>> communities.
>
> Note that I did not say that HTTP was the *only* game in town. I said
> it was the *best* game in town.
>
Funny that - heard a MQ series guy this morning say much the same; and 
the PingTel phone
on my desk has this big SIP desire except when it does LDAP for the 
number ;-)

But point taken (and this is a w3 mailing list - so a certain level of 
nearsightnessness is a good thing!).

Dw.

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