Comments on: Does WOA bring anything new to SOA?

By: Open source mashup « Jason’s Weblog

Open source mashup « Jason’s Weblog — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:42:59 +0000

[...] SOA is going to actually be WOA, mmm.Â Just when you thought it was safe to go for a swim.Â Michael Meehan takes the pulse of architects. [...]

By: OnStrategies Perspectives » Write Once (on the Web), Run Anywhere

OnStrategies Perspectives » Write Once (on the Web), Run Anywhere — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:41:28 +0000

[...] Others like Software AGâs Miko Matsumura and StrikeIronâs David Linthicum view WOA as an onramp to SOA, while TechTargetâs SearchSOA columnist Michael Meehan concluded from interviewing a number of experts that WOA is simply hype and markitecture. âWOA strikes them as redundant and nothing particularly new, an empty suit if you will,â he write. [...]

By: Service-Oriented Architecture mobile edition

Service-Oriented Architecture mobile edition — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:01:43 +0000

[...] ZDNet colleague Dana Gardner points to Michael Meehan’s recent post on the Web Oriented Architecture (WOA) — Mike spoke with some industry practitioners who apparently didn’t think too much of the “WOA” moniker, striking them “them as redundant and nothing particularly new, an empty suit if you will.” Just another fancy name for the Web 2.0 services we’ve been working with all along. [...]

By: Dana Gardner

Dana Gardner — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:19:17 +0000

Excellent points! Here are some thoughts: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Gardner/?p=2647.