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pilif on Jan 18, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Stop SOAP

protocols with simple (or lightweight) in their name usually are anything but.

dexen on Jan 18, 2012 [–]

Not a coincidence. Simple to implement != simple to explain to your boss (`it's standard industry practice'). The name is meant to sell the standard to non-techies.

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