Anne, Wish all Axis committers were on this full-time...Right?
-- dims --- Anne Thomas Manes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I didn't say that Axis is not as good as GLUE, and I didn't mean to imply it. I only > said that > GLUE is easy to use and that the standard edition is free. (facts, not comparisons) > > Obviously -- based on the amount of time I spend answering questions on this list -- > I am a big > supporter of Axis. Axis is unequivocally the best open source Web services platform > available, > and my goal is to help make this product even better. For people that want to use an > open source > product with Java, Axis is the only way to go. > > But I will also pay homage where homage is due. So now I will give you some > comparisons. > > GLUE is unequivocally the easiest to use Web services platform for Java available. I > refer to it > as ".NET for Java". Ease-of-use has been one of The Mind Electric's primary goals, > and it shows. > GLUE is also one of the fastest implementations available, and it supports a number > of advanced > features, such as excellent support for document/literal and WS-Security. > > On the flip side, The Mind Electric is a tiny company, and in these tough economic > times it's > always a good idea to examine the viability of a tiny company. You should also be > aware that > GLUE delivers it's exceptional ease of use via a set of proprietary APIs (It also > supports the > standard JAX-RPC APIs -- but the proprietary APIs are much easier to use than the > JAX-RPC APIs). > > For someone just starting out, trying to learn the technology, GLUE's a good choice. > Especially > since it's free. I've also suggested on more than one occasion that it's a good idea > for Axis > users to play with multiple products to learn the ins and outs of this technology. > And I > strongly suggest that all Axis developers play with the other products (esp. GLUE, > WASP, > CapeClear, and XMLBus) to learn how these other companies do stuff. Competition > drives > innovation. > > Anne > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 4:27 AM > Subject: RE: Axis vs Glue > > > Anne, > > Are you saying that AXIS (supported by IBM and Apache) is not as good as GLUE? > > Who supports The Mind Electric? (Unless Microsoft does!!) > > I would think that AXIS is a safer bet, so that finally when Web Services > standards fully > mature, then one can migrate to a professional product (if need be). Given the > history of Apache > organisation and given that AXIS is likely to be a benchmark system for other > vendors, I would > still bet on AXIS rather than other vendors. > > May be it's just me :-) > > Regards, > > Santosh > -----Original Message----- > From: Anne Thomas Manes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 11:04 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Axis vs Glue > > > GLUE is very easy to use. The standard edition is free for commercial use. > > Anne > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jan Agermose > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 4:38 PM > Subject: Axis vs Glue > > > Does anyone have any pros/cons on the two? If this is an allowed question :-) > Glue looks a > bit simpler to get started with - might just be better documented :-D but then the > prof. edition > is somewhat expensive... > > Jan Agermose > > ===== Davanum Srinivas - http://webservices.apache.org/~dims/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com
