Re: [Patents] Re: USPTO to license proprietary e-mail alternative from EPO

["M.-A. DARCHE" <ma.darche@cynode.org>]

Le 2002-07-02 01:10 (mardi), PILCH Hartmut a écrit / 
On 2002-07-02 01:10 (mardi), PILCH Hartmut wrote :
> The SOAP protocol which I have been proposing was designed by Microsoft.

Unfortunately, SOAP may not be the best solution for the 2 following
reasons :

1. Complexity and (non-)stability
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SOAP is overly complex, while XML-RPC is far easier to use. Some also
criticize SOAP specs stability.

  http://weblog.masukomi.org/writings/xml-rpc_vs_soap.htm

2. Patent problems (here too)
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ZDNet says :

  IBM and Microsoft have been quietly busy behind the scenes for the
  last two years building a toll booth that could position the two
  companies to collect royalties on most if not all Internet traffic...

  The potential for the two giants to erect a toll booth is tied to the
  likelihood that Web services protocols such as SOAP, WSDL, and
  UDDI--and the related ones to which the two companies hold patents or
  other intellectual property rights--will one day be as important as the
  standard protocols (such as TCP/IP and HTTP) on which the Internet is
  based today.
 
  http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2861123,00.html


Cheers,

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Marc-Aurèle DARCHE  <http://www.cynode.org>
AFUL <http://www.aful.org>
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