I just returned from the SOA Executive Forum in New York, where I took part in two panels. I thought both went well. One highlight of the trip was that I finally got to meet Jon Udell, who not unexpectedly is really cool. He's every bit as bright in person as he is in writing, and is a pleasure to just hang out with and chat. He moderated the first panel, on which we spent quite a bit of time discussing the "document-oriented vs. RPC-oriented" web services issue, and also talked some about the realities of having to integrate with legacy systems with multiple protocols, multiple transports, and multiple transfer syntaxes. Bob Glushko, Scott Metzger, and Tim Ewald were the other panelists, and given that we're all experienced practitioners, overall I thought the panel gave out very pragmatic and useful messages. Scott's messages about the real-world work his company has...

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