From: Paul Prescod <paul@...>
Date: 2002-04-19T02:28:33+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] Stop Using SOAP, Before It's Too Late

Matt Sergeant wrote:
> 
>...
> 
> Paul,
> 
> Are you aware this is *exactly* how Google's old XML query worked? You
> simply changed "/search" for "/xml", and it returned results in
> REST-style XML.

Yes, I remember. The XML was ugly but it worked. ;)

> I think the service is still there, but it's pay-ware now.
> 
> I also started a conversation about this in my journal at
> http://use.perl.org/~Matts/journal/4212 which you might find some of
> the responses interesting (ziggy is Adam Turoff, who you may know from
> xml-dev postings).

I worked with Ziggy at ActiveState.

> Anyway, I look forward to some conversations with you about this at
> OSCon - I wonder if I will have been persuaded that SOAP is a good
> thing by then.

Likely not.

I'm making good progress on my article titled "Google's Gaffe" and can
send it to anyone who asks.

 Paul Prescod