The Cave

There may be a way out.

Snicker. But there, there’s a 6th stage! Seems not all is well in SOAPville. Indeed. I guess it all depends on your motivation. As the lawyers say, follow the money… Lots of meaty bits in this thread.

ehcache 1.2 is released

Good article. Let’s see… Example how to create a JSF custom component Code to generate DIVs via JSF Yet more evidence of JSF’s problems (Whither Tapestry?) Is JSF like Entity Beans or Session Beans? (Either way, TDNBW)

RSF is very Spring based. Love the name if nothing else

Yes, it really will appear, and not too far off either. Looks good, and reasonably sane, but of course it beggars the question: Whither Python 4000?

President Josiah Bartlet: Toby, how much do you know about India and Pakistan? Toby Ziegler: I know that any war between these two countries that begins with conventional weapons isn’t going to end that way.

Sam Seaborn: Mallory, education is the silver bullet. Education is everything. We don’t need little changes. We need gigantic, monumental changes. Schools should be palaces. The competition for the best teachers should be fierce. They should be making six figure salaries. Schools should be incredibly expensive for government and absolutely free of charge to its [...]

President Josiah Bartlet: you know that line you’re not supposed to cross with the president? C.J. Cregg: I’m coming up to it? President Josiah Bartlet: No, no look behind you Alas, the show noticeably lost that something special when Aaron Sorkin got the boot.

Leo McGarry: I fought a jungle war. I’m not doing it again. If I could put myself anywhere in time it would be in the cabinet room on August 4th 1964, when our ships were attacked by North Vietnam in the Tonkin Gulf. I’d say, ‘Mr. President, don’t do it. You’re considering the commitment of [...]

President Josiah Bartlet: Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Do you know why? Will Bailey: Because it’s the only thing that ever has.

[after Josh's therapy session with Stanley Keworth, Josh inquires why Leo is trying to help him] Leo McGarry: This guy’s walking down the street when he falls in a hole. The walls are so steep he can’t get out. A doctor passes by, and the guy shouts up, “Hey, you, can you help me out?” [...]

President Bartlet (Martin Sheen): I like how you call homosexuality an abombination. Jenna Jacobs: I don’t say homosexuality is an abomination, Mr. President, the Bible does. President Bartlet: Yes, it does. Leviticus. Jenna Jacobs: 18:22. President Bartlet: Chapter and verse. I wanted to ask you a couple of questions while I have you here. I’m [...]

7 screens to configure JDBC? It speaks for itself.

Go JBI or SCA with SDO? Big vendors are split over this. No opinion formed yet.

Why SOAP over JMS likely isn’t going to be a standard for a long time (if ever). Hint: There’s 2 reasons.

I can’t say much as EPCglobal’s IP rules largely preclude public discussion (especially of the interesting meat) until a specification is ratified by the Board and made public, but it’s nearly there. Finally. And for the curious, yes, it’s been more effort to reach this point than to give birth. To twins. Soon. Very soon.

Yet more rational remarks. I agree. SOAP is not RMI, nor a distributed object system, and attempts to use it so end in tears (significantly more so than necessary). Distributed systems are hard. Accept it. “Magic Binding” sounds nice in theory, to some, but lacks the solid foundation to be a strong solution for the [...]