mailto:dpchiesa SPLAT hotmail BLOT com Hey! I work for Microsoft. I'm the lead marketing PM for the Microsoft Application Server http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/appserver/default.mspx. My areas of interest include Windows Server, the .NET Framework and SDK, Visual Studio, and related pieces. I previously worked with IBM for about 4 years in a similar capacity, focusing on DCE, Encina, MqSeries, Publish and Subscribe technology, CORBA, and finally, WebSphere and VisualAge. I arrived at IBM by way of Transarc, a software startup that was acquired by IBM in 1994. I joined Microsoft after being convinced that most software was too hard and too expensive, and there ought to be a simpler, easier way. I'm continuously looking for that way. XML Web Services is a step forward. So is managed code. ============== Hi Dino. I agree with you MS software has mass appeal, partly due to pricing. Killed a few competitors along the way though. Do you see security / interoperability / bandwidth concerns going to derail SoapProtocol based WebServices? * I am hoping you can change (or provide useful material to revive) EjbsAndDistributedTransaction, since you expressed interest in refactoring WhatsWrongWithEjb in Dec04. I could act as intermediary and hope to get some opposition views as well. * Also I rather like you to start improving /criticising / explaining a range of MS based offerings, and offer opinion on competitive alternatives too. I have created/maintained a sizable number of C2 pages since 2004 -- MicrosoftSlave Apr04 ----- While I am not consistently active on this Wiki , some of the few topics I have favored in the past have been: * MicrosoftWindowsServer * ApplicationServer * EnterpriseServices * CategoryEmacs * RecentChanges * EjbLinks * PickingAnEjbServer - which is really about picking a tool * MessageQueuingArchitectures * ComPlus, MicrosoftDotNet, DotNetWillKillJava, CsharpLanguage * SoapProtocol * AspWiki ----- Interaction with banned individual removed but he will be notified separately. * Wished there had been a better way -- DeleteWhenCooked ---- Hey Dino. Are you the Dino Chiesa who worked at Marposs Techno? How many Dino Chiesas can there be? It's Bill O'Donnell! ---- Congratulations on your promotion. :-) -- DougMerritt --- Hi, are you Cheeso from DotNetZip? Moshe (pashute) from the dotnetzip discussions. CategoryHomePage