Slashdot: "Will BEEP Simplify Network Programming?" An interesting discussion on Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol (BEEP), a potential alternate protocol for Web Services. In his initial post hensley asks " I couldn't find any applications based on this protocol, regardless of it's promised capabilities. Is everybody still inventing his own application layer protocol?" This sparks a lively conversation including a detailed post by Zeinfeld and follow-up thread that quickly degrades into a flame war over the politics of the IETF and BEEP working group.
I'm of the mind the use of XML for a network protocol is not an appropriate use.
