Talk by Sanjiva Weerawarana on WS-* vs. REST debate.
"Long live WS-*! WS-* is dead! REST is great! May it rest in peace! Which one is it? WS-* or REST? It turns out that both camps are lying through their teeth about how "easy" it is to build distributed business applications using their favorite technological approach.
First of all, there is no easy way to build distributed applications- that's simply a hard problem. WS-* and REST each have their own strengths and weaknesses. Knowing the realities of these different approaches for building distributed systems is critical for being able to make the right choices (and hence sleep restfully under a starry night)."
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