Absolutely!!!! If that were the case, Axis would be ahead of the independents rather than the other way around.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Davanum Srinivas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 9:10 AM Subject: Re: Axis vs Glue > 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 >
