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On Moving Toward Software Rentals

Posted by timothy on from the free-software-sidesteps-this dept.

CowboyRobot writes "ACM Queue has an article about the emergence of a service-oriented model of software delivery, supported by the W3C, IBM, HP, and Microsoft. They already have their acronyms down: WSDL (Web Services Description Language), UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration), and WSFL (Web Services Flow Language). The article primarily covers the three phases of negotiating, ending with actual service delivery."

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  1. WIM by bobblebob · · Score: 2, Funny

    >They already have their acronyms down: WSDL (Web >Services Description Language), UDDI (Universal >Description, Discovery, and Integration), and WSFL >(Web Services Flow Language). And WIM Who Ivited Microsort

    1. Re:WIM by Geburah · · Score: 2, Funny

      And WIM Who Ivited Microsort

      When I saw the word "Microsort" I all of a sudden got this mental picture of tiny yellow guys with antennas, about the size of thimbles, called "Booquards" working relentlessly under strict watch from the bigger general Booquards. They needed to hurry and sort various nick nacks. The intergalactic demand for nick nacks is quite high these days, and the distribution of them is very important. Though, Baglork, the first yellow booquard I imagined, is sad because he has to work on his birthday. All he wants to do is go home and enjoy a nice bowl of squishy-o's and watch his favorite TV show. Thats his favorite thing to do. Poor little guy.

  2. Re:"Service Delivery" by bsharitt · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's no use in fighting it. They've already got acronyms. When the acronyms come out it's all over.

  3. Ah yes! Finally! by st0rmshad0w · · Score: 3, Funny

    I for one am all over this, please please please let the operational state of my crappy ISP's routers determine whether or not I can get any work done!

    "Sorry boss, I can't get that report to you cuz some part of the internet's down."

  4. Re:"Service Delivery" by iamatlas · · Score: 4, Funny
    The end result will be the creation of numerous roles at the client's expense to "manage" and "coordinate" the software delivery

    So....basically it will create more jobs in the IT sector. If software and implementation were uniformly perfect for all applications and systems, I know that I and many others would be out of a job. That being the case, I for one welcome our new subscribtion-based overlords.

  5. Re:The final stage of intellectual property law? by the-build-chicken · · Score: 2, Funny

    You deserve a medal

    I can rent him one if you like?

  6. Re:"Service Delivery" by fireman+sam · · Score: 2, Funny

    So, when do you fly out to India? Or will you just commute internationally every day.

    --
    it is only after a long journey that you know the strength of the horse.