February 27, 2002
Replacing HTTP
Hmm, do we really want to uproot HTTP in the name of web services? Hey how about developing some web services worth using first? My knee-jerk response is if your distributed computing model is so complex and unwieldy that HTTP slows it down unbearably, maybe it’s your design that sucks. I’m not saying that HTTP is unassailable and perfect, but let’s demonstrate some real need before we start ripping up the floorboards.








