Re: Counting noses on (The GCF is -5, Interoperability is the key, don't leave legacy systems out of the web service party)

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Ciao all,
Interoperability is one of the key benefits of web services over competing technologies and
a fundamental factor for wide business adoption.  
Many businessman see web services as the first “new” technology that can bring value, 
without requiring a big-bag highly-expensive approach.
If web services are to succeed, we should encourage this belief.
Legacy IT infrastructure shouldn’t be left out from the party.
Legacy systems are typically unable to support SOAP/WSDL, but capable of writing an xml text  message.
Look for the answer in the greatest common factor, definitely -5

Have a nice week
Marco Adragna (Oxford Uni)