“The communications technology, Simple Object Access Protocol
(SOAP), allows businesses to link their computing systems over the
Net. It is based on a Web standard for exchanging data called XML
(Extensible Markup Language).”
“When the software giant unveiled the technology in October,
IBM executives said SOAP too closely favored Microsoft technologies
over industry standards. They said the effort to create SOAP
should have originated from a standards organization, not from
Microsoft. Sun Microsystems was even more dismissive, calling the
technology pure hype with no value.”
“But IBM has had a change of heart. Microsoft yesterday
released an updated version of SOAP that included the work of IBM
and its subsidiary Lotus Development. IBM and Microsoft
executives said they expect to release tools soon that will allow
developers to test SOAP in their own software.”
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