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You can install a component and never upgrade it. You might fall behind on security concerns and be running different code from your counterparts but you can d
by ownagefool 12y ago
You can install a component and never upgrade it. You might fall behind on security concerns and be running different code from your counterparts but you can do that if you like.
If you consume some service, you're going to have to keep your app up-to-date should the service chage, go away, or fail. Therefore one could argue that services are easier to manage centrally at the expense of some overhead and less flexibility.
- mhluongo 12y agoThat doesn't sound like a primary difference between the two? You can certainly leave up an old service.
- vidarh 12y agoYes, but that is not up to the consumer of the service (or not under the direct control of the consumer, in any case; assuming for the sake of argument that the consumer of the service is distinct from the producer)