Thursday, October 24, 2002

Wonderful article by Jon Udell about publish/subscribe architectures and how they fit in web services and the Internet. Jon's got the rare gift of clear, lucid writing about complex topics. 12:12:21 PM

Report: Web services a decade away. Cue up Ten Years After's, "I'd Love to Change the World." A market researcher says that it'll be a good, long while before the ultimate promise of Web services is fulfilled. [CNET News.com] I'm with Dave - I really disagree with CNET and IDC on this topic. We're already starting to see lots of new capability based on web services, and it won't take a decade for app vendors to rebuild or encapsulate their products. Perhaps the bar is too high - we don't need an "ultimate promise" or anything revolutionary, we just need steady adoption of data-layer standards. But IDC's gotta have something to write about. Enterprise IT is deadly dull right now, so I don't blame them for stirring the pot. And here's an analyst report claiming that web services are gaining traction. Go figure. 8:54:12 AM

Health Files on Tap for Migrants. Migrant farm workers' medical records often lie scattered among rural clinics like so many seeds in a field. A Web-based record-keeping system intends to put health data at these nomadic patients' fingertips. By Lia Steakley. [Wired News] This is a *great* idea. Why not do this for everyone? I'd really like to have access to my medical records, and today I don't.  And while I'm not a migrant farm worker, my records are also scattered among doctors in 3 states.  There's a business opportunity in here somewhere. 7:46:16 AM

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