----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 9:01
AM
Subject: Re: Axis vs Glue
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 -----
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
GLUE is very easy to use. The standard
edition is free for commercial use.
Anne
----- Original Message -----
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
