The good news about XML and Web services is that they're easier than ever to
develop and deploy - inside the firewall between internal applications, on
the Internet with your customers and partners...anywhere.
The superb new development tools from companies like Microsoft, BEA, IBM, and
others, combined with the simplicity and openness of the standards, are
providing real dividends to enterprises today. The examples are numerous:
financial services companies outsourcing employee compensation, high-tech
manufacturers integrating their supply chains, and global banks integrating
their trading systems with partners, just to name a few.
But the bad news about XML and Web services is this: because they're so much
easier to develop and deploy and for your customers and partners... (more)
John Lilly's Blog
Interesting developments in the browser world lately. Between the new beta of
IE8 and Google releasing the beta of their new browser (called “Chrome”),
not to mention interesting work by the Mozilla team here as well, there’s
as much happening as I can ever remember.
Let’s start from there: more smart people thinking about ways to make the
Web good for normal human beings... (more)