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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>A surreal start to 2007</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/jevdemon/archive/2007/01/05/a-surreal-start-to-2007.aspx</link><description>Having trouble justifying SOA? No problem. Just buy a template and you're off and running. The mind boggles.</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)</generator><item><title>re: A surreal start to 2007</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/jevdemon/archive/2007/01/05/a-surreal-start-to-2007.aspx#1421550</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2007 15:52:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1421550</guid><dc:creator>Jack van Hoof</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Wow! Does the template also support negative numbers?&lt;/p&gt;
</description></item><item><title>CASEBUILDER&amp;#8482; SOA for Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Initiatives</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/jevdemon/archive/2007/01/05/a-surreal-start-to-2007.aspx#1423824</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2007 22:42:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1423824</guid><dc:creator>Stefan Tilkov's Random Stuff</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Service-oriented architecture is one of the toughest initiatives to sell to upper management &amp;amp;#8211; but with CASEBUILDER&amp;amp;#8482; SOA you can do it. CASEBUILDER&amp;amp;#8482; SOA provides you with the verbiage you need to explain SOA to non-technical people and&lt;/p&gt;
</description></item><item><title>re: A surreal start to 2007</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/jevdemon/archive/2007/01/05/a-surreal-start-to-2007.aspx#1637960</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2007 02:05:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1637960</guid><dc:creator>tornblad</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Wow! This is just so... wow... Why did I not have this a couple of months ago in that meeting with the CEO and the CTO?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I really like the fifth selling-point: &amp;quot;5. Get the recognition you deserve&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Using a pre-packaged and purchased presentation template to pitch SOA as a concept would pretty much negate any recognition in my eyes.&lt;/p&gt;
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