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Don Box - champion of COM. Is it any wonder that HTTP is no longer sufficient. Besides, it's not Microsoft proprietary. Dave LeBlanc Seattle, WA USA > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Champion [mailto:mc@x...] > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 9:09 > To: xml-dev@l... > Subject: MS thinks HTTP Needs Replacing??? > > > > See > http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2105076,00.html > > 'The protocol used to deliver Web pages has reached its limits for Web > services and peer-to- peer applications, according to Microsoft .Net > evangelist Don Box ... > > Among the problems with HTTP, said Box, is the fact that it is a Remote > Procedure Call (RPC) protocol; something that one program (such as a > browser) uses to request a service from another program located in > another computer (the server) in a network without having to understand > network details. > > This works for small transactions asking for Web pages, but when Web > services start running transactions that take some time to complete over > the protocol, the model fails. "If it takes three minutes for a response, > it is not really HTTP any more," Box said. The problem, said Box, is that > the intermediaries -- that is, the companies that own the routers and > cables between the client and server -- will not allow single > transactions that take this long."' >
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