[thelist] Web services - what's the difference?

[Anderson Cummins]

The model behind web services is great and it basically putting some
structure around having a set
of glorified cgi's. Most of the functionality of a web service could be
achieved using cgi ( given enough time and cooperation from partners) but
what's nice about a web service is that you can "discover" services on the
fly and use those services like methods at your end!!
Thanks,
AC
----- Original Message -----
From: "jv" <jveillo at bellsouth.net>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 11:39 AM
Subject: Re: [thelist] Web services - what's the difference?


> 'Web services' have been around for a while but the difference now is that
> it is infused with a more common language -XML. To use web services, to
make
> remote procedure calls without XML we need to be versed in whichever
> language the remote application uses.
>
> Of course there is CORBA and other similar architectures for creating web
> services but I think XML is more appealing because it has more flexibility
> in its use.
>
> James
> jveillo at bellsouth.net
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter-Paul Koch" <gassinaumasis at hotmail.com>
> To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 10:07 AM
> Subject: [thelist] Web services - what's the difference?
>
>
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm having some trouble understanding the concept of web services.
> >
> > As far as I understand, web services are server side application that
Take
> > Care Of Something, like credit card processing, online payments or
> searching
> > through a huge database. You create a web service and it works.
> >
> > Very nice to have, of course, but where is this different from the old
way
> > of processing credit cards, paying online and searching through huge
> > databases? We created some server side programs in the language of our
> > choice and it worked.
> >
> > So currently I'm thinking that the term 'web services' is one more in
the
> > long string of meaningless market-isms that engulfs the Web. The idea
> behind
> > web services is solid, of course, but there isn't much difference with
the
> > old situation.
> >
> > Or am I wrong?
> >
> > Thanks for any feedback,
> >
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