September 2007 - Posts

• Can a SOA app use TCP transport?

  Yesterday I was reading some posts regarding WCF, and found the following : "In my opinion, netTcpBinding is a very good option for us given its good performance and security options. On the other hand, it does not respect the tenets of SOA" This made Read More... Posted Thursday, September 20, 2007 9:26 AM by MemiLavi | 3 Comments

• Silverlight here we come!

  Wow, I didn't see this coming... Now, that silverlight will support Linux, I have a new citizen in my "UI Alternatives" talk. Until now, Silverlight was usually not an option for web-based applictions. Most geovernmental organizations demand a real cross Read More... Posted Thursday, September 06, 2007 9:41 AM by MemiLavi | 0 Comments

• Entity Framework - another OR/M?

  There is some controversy going on regarding the need for Entity Framework when LINQ to SQL provides much of its functionality. Now, I'm far from being a fanboy of OR/M products, and usually I tend to stick to the good-ol' dataset (and that's another Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 04, 2007 10:23 PM by MemiLavi | 4 Comments Filed under: Entity Framework

• One.... One Two.... One Two Three...

  Well, hello everybody. My name is Memi Lavi, and I'm an architect in the MCS group in Microsoft Israel. I decided to open this blog so I can share some thoughts about software architectue - what is it exactly? who is an architect? what he should know? Read More... Posted Monday, September 03, 2007 9:19 PM by MemiLavi | 3 Comments Filed under: Architecture's Usability