Open source SOA vendor WSO2 on Monday will debut a componentized framework for SOA based on OSGi, with the intent of letting user sites assemble just what they need for their own deployments without having to carry excess software. Called Carbon, the framework will first be featured in upgrades to the company's enterprise service bus, application server, and registry as well as in a new business process management product. Developers can deploy needed components and eliminate complexities of middleware integration, according to WSO2.

Michael Rowley writes: New technology for simplifying development is always good, right? New APIs and servers just make it easier to develop SOA applications, right? And, of course, developers have all the time they need to adjust to the big changes that SOA development imposes on them.

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