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Dvorak: Another Crock. (That's his title, not mine.) I have no problem with John Dvorak's PC Magazine attack on the "rent software on an as-needed basis," but, unfortunately, the scope of his lambasting is too broad. He apparently believes all "software-service schemes" are the equivalent of renting applications. He never acknowledges web services as APIs into valuable hosted services. (John, have you ever used a web browser to track a FedEx or UPS package? Don't you think an application should be able to do the same thing?)
Perhaps he just enjoys reading his own stuff, such as when he refers to the Liberty Alliance Project as "another drinking club." As research for my new book, I spent 90 minutes this afternoon interviewing a senior executive for one of the worlds largest financial-services firms. I can tell you with absolute certainty that Passport and Liberty are considered to be very important by companies that matter.
One one hand, it's good to see articles that counter the hype. I'd normally just ignore someone who writes, "Face it, the web services model is a throwback to the dot-com era and this has nothing going for it. Waste your time on it at your own risk." But a lot of people read Dvorak, so we need to keep him in check.
Posted Thursday, March 21, 2002 10:15:17 PM 
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