Web Services Testing

I've been doing some interoperability testing between webMethods, .Net, Eclipse with its new web tools, and IBM's WebSphere. There are some nuisances with each product that affect how they work with other web services. As much as it pains me, .Net is by far the least painful to work with.

I do have to give some props to the Eclipse folks however. Their open source product is pretty robust as everyone knows but what is more impressive is their support. I had a few issues and even stumbled upon a bug. The responsiveness of folks on the Eclipse side that helped me out was pretty amazing. I pretty much got immediate feedback that was dead on correct.

Data Loss

I use blogger.com to publish posts to my server. I'm not sure what happen but I have lost some recent posts. It appears that they have had some sort of glitch. No earth shattering revelations were lost on this blog, but I'm a bit puzzled as to why it happen.

Microsoft to Acquire Groove Networks, Combining Talents to Create Anytime, Anywhere Collaboration Products and Services

Microsoft to Acquire Groove Networks, Combining Talents to Create Anytime, Anywhere Collaboration Products and Services

I worked with Lotus Notes early on in my career and had a chance to here Ray Ozzie (the creator of Lotus Notes) speak on a couple of occasions. A very talented individual. This is a big hire for Microsoft.

Divide And Conquer Yourself

Divide And Conquer Yourself

This article hits the nail on the head. The Unix community's in-fighting will ultimately lead to an even more powerful Microsoft. Linux versus Sun is a terrible fight. Take Sun out of the picture and what are you left with from the OS side? Redhat, Novell? I'm not anti-Microsoft, but I do believe competition leads to the best products.

Web Services: REST in Peace? Jim Webber Weblog - WebServices.Org

Web Services: REST in Peace? Jim Webber Weblog - WebServices.Org

A good article on webservices and where it is evolving too. Especially around the rpc type of webservices versus the doc/literal type. As Jim explains, the standard for webservices is rapidly moving away from using rpc which generally results in tight coupling and a proliferation of point to point interfaces.

Yahoo! News - Microsoft Loses Key Windows Architect to Google

Yahoo! News - Microsoft Loses Key Windows Architect to Google

So the article says he may be at Google to work on an operating system for them. Is there room for another operating system?

Yahoo! News - No Love Lost in the Enterprise OS Fight

Yahoo! News - No Love Lost in the Enterprise OS Fight

As I have said before, Microsoft has got to be loving this. Sun, IBM and Redhat, talking about taking your eye off the ball. You guys are killing each other and for no reason. Microsoft is focused on selling software and you all are focused on taking shots at each other. I wonder who is going to come out on top of all of this. Hmm.......