Comments on: SOA: Slouching towards Bethlehem http://blog.jonudell.net/2009/01/15/soa-slouching-towards-bethlehem/ Strategies for Internet citizens Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:22:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: John Heintz http://blog.jonudell.net/2009/01/15/soa-slouching-towards-bethlehem/#comment-126722 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 06:24:07 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/?p=1066#comment-126722 Firstly: that’s a very good and worthwhile action to take on behalf of your relative. Kudos to you.

I’m a developer, technologist, RESTafarian, and systems integrator. My wife…. is none of those, and can’t actually explain what I do. :)

We recently got IPhones and she was _very_ frustrated with the contact sync (MobileMe first then to GMail) and wanted me to explain why “they” couldn’t get contacts to sync!

I said that companies everywhere are struggling with trying to integrate and transfer data. If companies can’t get contact lists to sync easily, imagine the effort to get everything else to do so.

Jon, you said “It’s doable”. I agree it is, but once one system changes or another gets added to the mix it all breaks again. Even the conscientious developer is hard pressed to build an evolvable system with today’s tool, techniques, and methods.

Just my take, cheers!

]]> By: Thylacines and Wolves | soabloke http://blog.jonudell.net/2009/01/15/soa-slouching-towards-bethlehem/#comment-126579 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:00:57 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/?p=1066#comment-126579 [...] recent examples include John Udell asking where is SOA when you really need it, and Loic Le Meur lamenting the fragmentation of his social [...]

]]> By: acexman http://blog.jonudell.net/2009/01/15/soa-slouching-towards-bethlehem/#comment-126529 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:33:33 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/?p=1066#comment-126529 “I shouldn’t have to create any new online accounts.”
Is it legal to force one to do so?

]]> By: Raymond Yee http://blog.jonudell.net/2009/01/15/soa-slouching-towards-bethlehem/#comment-126498 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:33:34 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/?p=1066#comment-126498 Jon, I hear you. A more trivial but annoying example from my own life comes to mind at this time of year. Every semester I get hired to be a lecturer on my campus, I need to walk over to the library to get my library privileges reinstated. All the data needed to restore my privileges is available electronically to the library — but I still have to show up in person. I’m sure the library has some policy-based reason for this impedance-mismatch, but I as a patron cannot see it.

]]> By: Tobin http://blog.jonudell.net/2009/01/15/soa-slouching-towards-bethlehem/#comment-126497 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:55:19 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/?p=1066#comment-126497 It should be, but there is no incentive to do so. Company A buys Company C for the assets. You are stuck with Company C due to the fact that its COBRA. Company C now owns your account (along with thousands of other accounts). If you drop coverage, Company c continues to thrive off of everyone else, and you can’t pick up COBRA coverage from anyone else.

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