Mark Ericson - Mindreef, Inc.Mark EricsonDistributed Learning- January 26, 2005 Chris Ferris shares some ideas for using technology in education. I'm also interested in applications of computer technology in education. My interest stems from experiences homeschooling my daughter and the possibilities of virtual classrooms. My title is intended to be 'Distributed...http://www.mindreef.com/people/markericson/weblog/index/P246/ The Ultimate WS- specification- January 21, 2005 There are so many Web services standards sometimes its hard to know where to start. Fortunately I discovered one essential standard that is a must read for everyone. This new WS specification is WS-! (pronounced "Wizbang"). As the name implies, Wizbang will do anything and everything! Read on for the complete specification for Wizbang (don't blink).http://www.mindreef.com/people/markericson/weblog/index/P243/ A Perspective on SOA - No More Tiers- January 11, 2005 In a previous article I described Web Services as "just right" granularity of software components. These software components are potentially deployed distributed across potentially many servers and shared to compose applications. It is interesting to note that these new components are servers, responding to remote requests, but are often also clients of other services. The...http://www.mindreef.com/people/markericson/weblog/index/P239/ A Perspective on SOA - Just Right Components- January 5, 2005 Web Services introduce a new unique granularity for dealing with software components. We have used software components of various forms for many years. The typical difference is the granularity of those components. Early software components were no more complex than software packaging in object filees(.o .obj) or shared-libraries (.so .dll) . Over time the granularity and complexity of components have grown as we have sought dynamic components and higher-level assembly of components....http://www.mindreef.com/people/markericson/weblog/index/P238/ A Perspective on SOA - Introduction- January 5, 2005 Today I followed that Don's blog has resprouted in new digs and read with interest his predictions. One prediction especially struck home when he wrote that "SOA will have been beaten to death and the software industry will invent or recycle some equally vague term to replace it." I agree...http://www.mindreef.com/people/markericson/weblog/index/P237/ |