Business Process Conference 2007 Netherlands
Today I went to Microsoft Business Conference 2007 with subjects SOA, BPM and Microsoft. Location was a castle in a town called Putten. Speakers were Dik Bijl (Architect Advisor from Microsoft Netherlands), David Chappell , Chris Dial. I had to pleasure of speaking Dik and David during breaks. Meeting Dik: I asked Dik about his presentation if it can be used to explain SOA to the business. He agreed it can be used and said algorithms of real live like Darwin (Diversity/Selection/Amplify) and Adam Smith (Wealth of Nations) apply for SOA. I will explain this later in this post. Meeting David: For breaking the ice I first introduced myself to David and asked him, why number of David Chappell’s in one his jokes about his name is 2 in Europe and 3 in the States (I saw him before, for instance SOA and BPM Conference October 2006 Redmond last year). He said well nobody knows David Chappelle (slight difference) comedian from the US in Europe. Then other difference with him and David Chappell...