Acronym Shortage Threatens Web Services Community

by Volker Weber

Web services developers across the globe pounded keyboards in frustration today over the increasing scarcity of cool acronyms. Mirroring the domain name gold rush of the nineties, each passing week sees the number of funky and clever acronyms reduced. Several leading Web services companies have called in trauma counsellors to assuage the fears of skittish architects.

Marshall Salmonberry, lead technical architect at Web services vendor WebGherkins.com, expressed his fears. "I can't sleep at night. I toss and I turn, trying to think of the right acronym for our new compressed archive format. I just think, SOAP, WSDL, UDDI...they're all so clever and witty! They abbreviate so effectively! I try endless combinations of letters, but each time...each...time...I'm sorry, I can't go on."

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