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Cisco To Open-Source New Messaging Protocol

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the would-you-like-to-see-my-etchings dept.

Esther Schindler writes "Do you use SOAP, CORBA or EJBs? You might want to take a look at Etch, writes James Turner for CIO.com. It's language-, platform- and transport-agnostic, and Cisco is planning to release it as open source. Certainly, it offers some technical benefits: 'In addition to a simplified configuration, Etch also promises less overhead over the wire, compared to SOAP. In a testbed environment where SOAP was managing around 900 calls a second, Etch generated more than 50,000 messages in a one-way mode, and 15,000 transactions with a full round-trip, company officials stated.' And the open source part? Cisco is in the process of deciding what license to use. 'The intent is to use a less restrictive license than GPL, perhaps Apache or Mozilla. This is to allow commercial developers to incorporate Etch into products without licensing issues. A final announcement on the licensing decision will be available in the next month.'"

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  1. Less overhead, more messages - but .. by terbo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Will the big three instant messaging providers use it?

    Less overhead means things like this will be easier.

    The problem is if none of the popular services utilize the protocol, it will make no money.

    (See: IRC & Jabber)

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  2. Re:GPL by spidr_mnky · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Now it's my turn to get modded into oblivion for not being fond of the GPL. Sigh. If I had mod points, I would mod you down. Not for the entire post, but for this sentence alone. I do have mod points, but somehow a tick up or down wouldn't seem to get the point across.

    Right now, the AC "troll" is at 2, and mister "now it's my turn" is at 5. I can't judge the inner intentions of the poster, but it looks like a cheap psychological trick to try to avoid getting the mod you anticipate.

    I was tempted to mod the "troll" down, but I wouldn't think of modding down Teckla, because he gave some information and made an interesting point.

    To reverse a common complaint around here, being in agreement with the group or factually correct doesn't make you insightful. Calling your score in advance doesn't change the content of your post, either, but makes you look childish.

    Now mod me off topic.

  3. Re:A Word in Yiddish For Just This by FurtiveGlancer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Oi Vey, I think its "mishuggenah."

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