Why I have chosen this course?

I was always interested in computer networks, so naturally I chose this course over the others.

What is the added value of attending this course for you?

Forgetting the fact, that the name of this course was „Advanced computer networks“, I believe this course was as compelling as possible. Though whole concept of SOA was not new for me, it was very interesting to get to know how people think about it, how they use it and, more interestingly, how would they use it in different situation, create mash-ups, etc. This course really helped me widen my perspective on the current evolution of the whole WEB 2.0 – from both user and system developer point of views.

What is the immediate benefit for you in your current professional situation?

I can’t name an immediate benefit from this course, as my work does not involve intense usage of web services.

How do you see SOA being helpful in your professional environment?

The whole concept of SOA is helpful by itself ;) As for me, I believe there are a lot of fields where SOA should be used; the developers are yet to understand the importance of this. We’ve seen WEB 2.0 going up – I am sure this trend will only increase.

How do you see SOA in 5 years from now?

I would certainly agree with most of members of this course in saying that the SOA will get a lot more credit that now. As for the trends, some monopolization could be possible – monopolization in the sense of de facto standards will arise (Google Maps vs. Microsoft Live Maps). I also think, that mash-up will become a lot more common than now.

What are the pros and cons of “totally online” computing?

Pros for this would be the ease of access to your personal /public information – we can now easily store information on Google spreadsheets (and etc.) – I wonder where this will lead.

As for a con (hm..?) – totally online computing will have to iterate through more than double than 15 years of life in order to fully satisfy our requirements.

From a personal over-the-top paranoid point of view – not going to happen ;)

How would you use Web 2.0 in commercial projects?

I can’t answer this question, since it would depend on the project itself. As for a basis, I would really try to implement web-services, if there was any actual benefit to anyone else.

How would have you organized this course if given a chance? Please think both from the contents and the form perspective.

The course was great, since we had lots and lots of interesting discussions, people from other universities, the projects were also interesting to also make and judge ;)

What the lecturers did wrong? What the lecturers were good at?

The main problem with this course was timing – to sit in a classroom on Saturday, for (most commonly) 6 hours is not what we anticipated.