I arrived in Aarhus (Bjarne's hometown) today for JAOO, my favorite conference. The trip over was so-so, primarily because I nearly missed my connection to Copenhagen in Newark due to the poor weather in Boston, and because the plane seat seemed to be extra small (and no, I haven't gained any weight lately!).
At 5pm I was out walking around in Aarhus. I was quite comfortable -- sweating a bit, even -- wearing shorts and a T-shirt. The natives were wearing long pants/trousers, sweaters, jackets, and scarves. Am I missing something?
I just finished my slides for my talk tomorrow, which is entitled, "What SOA Doesn't Stand For: Debunking the Myths of Service Orientation." In this talk I use a series of three-word phrases that all have the acronym "SOA" to discuss certain misunderstood aspects of service orientation. More on this later.
Comments (2)
I hope you post your slides.
Posted by Harold Carr | September 19, 2004 4:00 PM
Posted on September 19, 2004 16:00
Hi Steve,
I didn't attend your speech at JAOO (sorry, but couldn't be in two places at one time) but did sit in on the panel discussion about SOA. I hadn't really given SOA much attention earlier as I thought it was just the next buzzword on the HUGE buzzword highway (think thats why some people call it Same Old Architecture). But I was pleasantly surprise to see that you (and the other panel attendees) also have a "problem" defining SOA. That brought me a whole new perspective on the thing as I actually started thinking about the SOA (I would rather just call it Service Orientation). I you guys are still thinking and discussing the whole idea behind the SO, maybe I've been a tad to quick to judge the thing and put it in a buzzword box. Well - thats just all I wanted to say.. (btw: dunno if you heard it but I was giggling in the back of you somewhat funny comments)
Posted by Lars Borup | September 21, 2004 3:38 AM
Posted on September 21, 2004 03:38