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.NET Services March 2009 CTP - Service Bus Routers And Queues - Part 2: Queue Policies

In the previous post in this series I’ve discussed some of the foundational principles of the new Queue and Router features of the .NET Services Bus and the role that policies play in turning names in the namespace into messaging primitives. In this post I’ll start drilling into the capabilities of the Queue feature and will discuss what’s in the queue policy.

The capabilities of the Queue are best explored by looking at...

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[Intermission] Auf der Mauer, auf der Lauer sitzt ‘ne kleine Wa! - or: When REST isn’t REST - or: Why and How I Care About Standards-Compliance

seht Euch mal die Wa an, wie die Wa ta kann. Auf der Mauer auf der Lauer sitzt ‘ne kleine Wa!.

It’s a German children’s song. The song starts out with “… sitzt ‘ne kleine Wanze” (bedbug) and with each verse you leave off a letter: Wanz, Wan, Wa, W, – silence.

I’ll do the same here, but not with a bedbug:

Let’s sing:

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