http://ayende.comAyende @ RahienCopyright (C) Ayende Rahien 2004 - 2021 (c) 202660As Udi points out you are mistaken 'back end system' does not refer to an 'application' or a 'library' or even a 'service' it refers to heterogeneous grouping of multiple applications,services and systems. This tells me you that your approach is still 'being in the weeds' http://ayende.com/2841/architects-alt-net#comment3http://ayende.com/2841/architects-alt-net#comment3Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:16:45 GMTUnless I'm very much mistaken, when Sam talks about "back-end systems" I don't think that he's referring to SSIS, BizTalk, etc, but rather the organizations existing systems Peoplesoft, Baan, CICS, etc. In which case, their isn't really an alternative to talking to those systems because they have the data (tightly locked in there). I don't think I want to express an opinion about anything else in this discussion just yet. http://ayende.com/2841/architects-alt-net#comment2http://ayende.com/2841/architects-alt-net#comment2Sun, 07 Oct 2007 18:57:56 GMTSam: http://codebetter.com/blogs/raymond.lewallen/archive/2007/09/24/alt-net-does-not-equal-anti-microsoft.aspx On Scott and Jeremy: 'can't they voice a view?' You don't have to agree to it, but you should be able to read some things posted and not take it personally or as an attack on 'your peers'. Have your peers ever said anything negative about alt.net? http://ayende.com/2841/architects-alt-net#comment1http://ayende.com/2841/architects-alt-net#comment1Sun, 07 Oct 2007 11:46:06 GMT