ORAC,
Bill Sweetman's article is pretty much on the money - 'network centric' is harder than people think.
However, (glass half full) JSF has MADL which is a significant advance on anything else we have in the inventory. Yes, it will be 'JSF to JSF' unless we start putting it on some other platforms. And there are some smart people working on that, I would think.
Best Regards
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