(2004-06-07) Bea Soa Strategy

BEA announced its SOA/Rich Client strategy, including the Project Alchemy/Web Services Browser Adam Bosworth has written about.

Phil Wainewright thinks it's vapor.

Update: Jon Udell on the same thing. BEA's Project Alchemy relies on a server component for the same reason that MacroMedia's Flex does: both companies want to sell servers.