Scripting News: Monday, January 22, 2024
Monday, January 22, 2024 Today's song: Take me back to Tulsa . # I've been writing and talking about the idea of a typical tech industry mess and left out the one I had a hand in creating, SOAP . Started out simple, and over years it turned into a TTIM. Perfect example. Someone should study it, to figure out why Sun, Microsoft, IBM, Oracle et al wanted a protocol for interop and invested years in it, and yet it returned little in the way of interop. I know that XML-RPC is still in use, I imagine that SOAP probably is too, in some form. I wonder how it shook out. On the other hand RSS wasn't turned into a nightmare, and has become a productive tech industry mess, the most unusual thing ever, a true unicorn. # Doc will like this. Right now there are four hits on Goog for typical tech industry mess . # I re-watched Silver Linings Playbook over the weekend. I love Jennifer Lawrence , and this is a pure JL showcase. But the best moment was stolen by ...