My first thought when reading the article was, how about CORBA? The author makes no attempt to explain why CORBA and SOAP/WSDL failed so their recommendation ha

My first thought when reading the article was, how about CORBA? The author makes no attempt to explain why CORBA and SOAP/WSDL failed so their recommendation has very little merit. Software technology historically follows a pattern: "worse is better". We might also call this pattern "commodification". HTTP/JSON has likely reached the lowest common denominator sweet spot to ensure its success and dominance.