tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29701096.post116603782457463891..comments2023-10-30T08:55:18.553+01:00Comments on SOA and EDA: SOA and LEGO, do you dare to compare?Jack van Hoofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10073941747649739657noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29701096.post-4113567787185111942007-08-30T09:15:00.000+02:002007-08-30T09:15:00.000+02:00Hi anonymous.Ik think SOA is about flexible change...Hi anonymous.<BR/><BR/>Ik think SOA is about flexible change, not about reconstruct.Jack van Hoofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10073941747649739657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29701096.post-60885395010634611082007-08-30T02:22:00.000+02:002007-08-30T02:22:00.000+02:00I often use the Lego analogy with non technical st...I often use the Lego analogy with non technical stakeholders to provide them an example of interoperability and re-usability. Your comments around adding another window or deepening the cellar does not hold up. Lego constructs can be desconstructed and reconstructed without damaging the whole, something that SOA also strives to achieve.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29701096.post-1213625028061785022007-07-27T06:06:00.000+02:002007-07-27T06:06:00.000+02:00I've linked to your post. I think the point you ma...I've linked to your post. I think the point you made was a good one and it was well put. Check out my post in http://soaevolution.blogspot.com/.<BR/><BR/>I notice the link to the post was automatically discovered below.Merkel Marmadukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05707425745273484374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29701096.post-1166116653086476312006-12-14T18:17:00.000+01:002006-12-14T18:17:00.000+01:00You are right, James, I pushed it to the limit. W...You are right, James, I pushed it to the limit. What I wanted to stress is that the focus tends to be highly on the connectors (web services technology)and hardly on the functional tight coupling, which limits flexibility. So, after all the analogy with LEGO isn't that bad at all... ;-)Jack van Hoofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10073941747649739657noreply@blogger.com