[Mono-list] The Cost of SOAP

[Dan Lewis]

"IBM & Microsoft Plot Net Takeover"

A little bit dramatic isn't it? Neither company seems to have given any kind of
statement of intent to charge for these services - at least I couldn't find a
single one in all 4 pages of that article. Maybe I missed something.

Speaking only for myself: SOAP's cool. We should implement it.

Dan.



 --- Tobias DiPasquale <anany@ece.villanova.edu> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> 	I don't know how many of you have seen this, but it seems appropriate,
> considering Mono (to achieve full .NET compatibility) will be required
> to implement this functionality. It seems that MS and IBM are planning
> on charging for use of their IP in WSDL, SOAP and UDDI. They are _NOT_
> going to allow royalty-free usage of these patented technologies. Our
> only choice may be to stop using them altogether until they give them to
> the public. Please refer to the following article for background
> information:
> 
> http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2861123,00.html
> 
> What does the mono team think about this?


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