These days everybody is using SOA to sell things. It seems to be a marketing term now. Initially it was a technical term to describe apps communicating with SOAP.Now I am hearing that SOA is being redefined to represent some best practices in software development. It describes using simplistic messaging. It also refers to open and scalable systems. That sounds like good techniques to me.
Like most developers, I was excited to hear about SOA. I recall a VIP from our company addressing huge amounts of developers in my building. When he mentioned SOA, the developers were happy and cheering.
Now unfortunately SOA is being used by everybody. It does not mean much to me any more. I hope this new best practices style of SOA takes over. We shall see.
