CORBA/DCOM/SOAP-RPC are examples of RPC-based services, i.e. exactly what Alan is advocating against. Here's my definition of a message-based service: https://

CORBA/DCOM/SOAP-RPC are examples of RPC-based services, i.e. exactly what Alan is advocating against. Here's my definition of a message-based service: https://github.com/ServiceStack/ServiceStack/wiki/What-is-a-message-based-web-service%3F https://github.com/ServiceStack/ServiceStack/wiki/What-is-a-... Here are some of the advantages: https://github.com/ServiceStack/ServiceStack/wiki/Advantages-of-message-based-web-services https://github.com/ServiceStack/ServiceStack/wiki/Advantages... Here is the difference between WCF RPC methods and a message-based ServiceStack service: http://www.servicestack.net/files/slide-35.png http://www.servicestack.net/files/slide-35.png (i.e. 6 RPC methods vs 1 Msg service) Here is the difference between WebApi RPC methods vs an equivalent message-based ServiceStack service: http://www.servicestack.net/files/slide-34.png http://www.servicestack.net/files/slide-34.png (e.g. 5 RPC vs 2 msg ones)