V.Last++

Indigo is finally getting some public scrutiny.

The message that WSE is not Microsoft's long-term Web Services solution is plain for everyone to see. This is good. We have worked hard to ensure that we've been transparent with our customers regarding the positioning for WSE: 2+1 years of support and breaking changes between releases, but not everyone seems to have understood.

WSE isn't V.Next, it's primarily V.Last++ with a sprinkling of V.Next--.

It's not over though. WSE isn't going away anytime soon. We're not going to dump it or the customers that have invested in it. We're going to continue doing what we've always done: delivering interoperable implementations of the next generation of Web Services capabilities on an accelerated schedule for customers to experiment with and take tactical advantage of.

There's a buzz circulating around the WSE team: the shipping light has been seen. It's still a little way off, but nevertheless clearly visible. It's been a while since it was last seen, but such is the price of a genuine effort to achieve interoperability.

Posted by herveyw at October 28, 2003 07:04 PM