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IBM Donates Web Services Invocation Framework to Apache

Posted by krow on from the yet-another-framework dept.

SharkaRockz writes "IBM recently donated the Web Service Invocation Framework (WSIF) to Apache.org. This article explains the WSIF donation and what it can do. WSIF is a simple Java API that allows both SOAP and non-SOAP services to be described and used in a common way thus allowing developers to make Web services without the constraints of SOAP."

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  1. The need for a dynamic invocation framework by colina · · Score: 4, Informative

    This article might interest folks
    The need for a dynamic invocation framework
    http://www.webservices.org/index.php/article/artic leview/469/1/3/

  2. Re:Historical Irony by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    But when mainframes went away

    Last time I checked (approx 3 weeks ago), IBM was still cranking out mainframes.

    Mainframes will never, never, EVER die, and neither will COBOL. They do too many vitaly important, boring as drying-paint, activities, and still do them better than Unix boxen.

    The 80-Column Mind actually does fit a large problem domain...

  3. Re:Historical Irony by alizard · · Score: 3, Informative
    Just where did the mainframes go?

    They're still alive, well, and supporting lots more Linux than any dozen or hundred (depending on mainframe size) Pentium-based boxes can.

    As for their traditional roles, check any Fortune 1000 back-office IT operation...

    The open source thing reflects a return to IBM's original computing roots. There was a time when the idea of making software proprietary never occurred to anybody and user group contributions were welcomed, as they expanded the range and scope of the then-new commercial and academic computers of the 50s and 60s.

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