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To: alburk who wrote (52258)	7/20/2002 4:54:33 PM
From: Mike Buckley	Respond to of 54805

Andrew, Can you give an example of how the app server space could diminish SEBL's architectural control over its applications software? Because Paul has done a far more intensive study of the app server space, I'll ask that he answer your question. I think he can do a far better job. --Mike Buckley

To: alburk who wrote (52258)	7/20/2002 5:19:34 PM
From: Thomas Mercer-Hursh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 54805

Can you give an example of how the app server space could diminish SEBL's architectural control over its applications software? I don't get it. I don't either ... and that is the area I work in. The growth of middleware has pushed application vendors to provide standards-based APIs (Application Program Interface) so that there is a mechanism for information and action exchange with other applications, but I have seen no evidence of an application vendor being pushed into re-architecting their product to accommodate middleware except for a few cases where the urge toward re-architecting actually came from other motivations and the middleware was the enabling technology. Siebel in particular is one that I can't see getting pushed in this way since their architecture is among the best of any product I've seen.