Proprietary message queues are a huge problem (and a huge business). There are better ways: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Message_Queuing_Protocol http

Proprietary message queues are a huge problem (and a huge business). There are better ways: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Message_Queuing_Protocol http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Message_Queuing_Protoc... For a good introduction check out http://google-ukdev.blogspot.com/2008/09/rabbitmq-tech-talk-at-google-london.html http://google-ukdev.blogspot.com/2008/09/rabbitmq-tech-talk-...