Ah. Well, then I do not think there is anything to worry about as far as Etch is concerned. There are many, many potential growth points for the project. A simple example, Etch supports Java and C# language bindings today with a binary-transport. One of the committers, Seth Call, is working on a JavaScript language-binding with a JSON-encoded transport. I am working on a Python binding. Language bindings and transport plugins represent huge "itches". Furthermore, even our own limited experience has show that even when one architects language and transport neutrality, we miss stuff. The python language binding work early on inspired etch changes and binary-transport changes to better support dynamically typed languages.
Other dimensions of "itches" exists in the management and aggregation of multiple instances of services. IS-A vs HAS-A relationships between services. Session management. Service discovery, etc. IMHO while etch-1.0 offers capabilities today that fix a lot of problems in the way services are defined, implemented and consumed. I do not by any means think it eliminates problems from this space entirely. I think was Etch offers is a more efficient refactoring of the problem of network service creation and development and in turn "opens the field" to a completely new class of technological challenges and opportunities. -- James On 8/1/08 8:50 AM, "Niclas Hedhman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 01 August 2008 21:10, James Dixson wrote: >> I am a bit confused though about the "too good" concern, I do not think I >> understand what you mean. Could you elaborate? > > I think it was Stefano Mazzocchi who said about community building, that the > only "Bad Code + Great Vision" will succeed in building strong communities. > It refers to the fact that there must be "itches to scratch" for a lot of > people, otherwise they just stay users and the momentum of the project never > really get going... > > > Cheers -- James Dixson Manager, Software Development CUAE Engineering, Cisco Systems (e) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (p) 512-336-3305 (m) 512-968-2116 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
