Comments on: If It’s Wednesday It Must Be Vegas – Another SOA Story http://www.johnmwillis.com/ibm/if-its-wednesday-it-must-be-vegas-another-soa-story/ JOHNMWILLIS BLOG Wed, 02 Jun 2010 23:53:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: John http://www.johnmwillis.com/ibm/if-its-wednesday-it-must-be-vegas-another-soa-story/comment-page-1/#comment-4489 John Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:08:57 +0000 http://www.johnmwillis.com/?p=896#comment-4489 Great story... You know what Spock says about sanity... In an insane world the sane must appear insane... Thanks John Great story…

You know what Spock says about sanity…

In an insane world the sane must appear insane…

Thanks
John

]]> By: Ken Barber http://www.johnmwillis.com/ibm/if-its-wednesday-it-must-be-vegas-another-soa-story/comment-page-1/#comment-4486 Ken Barber Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:06:47 +0000 http://www.johnmwillis.com/?p=896#comment-4486 I spent a year trying to convince a company I once worked for that SOA via a commercial entity was a Bad Idea (tm) ... funny enough - I convinced the software architect (after 1 year) ... management on the other hand ... puppies all the way ... I just wanted Axis2/Active MQ/Synapse ... everyone thought I was insane - and as usual - I figured I was normal (and everyone else was insane). Just before I left (principal was partially the reason) I had project managers telling me that the commercial solution was going to solve even code quality problems! Sales people sell and will tell you anything ... I thought that was obvious to everyone? I spent a year trying to convince a company I once worked for that SOA via a commercial entity was a Bad Idea ™ … funny enough – I convinced the software architect (after 1 year) … management on the other hand … puppies all the way …

I just wanted Axis2/Active MQ/Synapse … everyone thought I was insane – and as usual – I figured I was normal (and everyone else was insane).

Just before I left (principal was partially the reason) I had project managers telling me that the commercial solution was going to solve even code quality problems! Sales people sell and will tell you anything … I thought that was obvious to everyone?

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