Futuro do DataSnap

Conversa rápida com o John Kaster (CodeGear Internet Services Architect) no newsgroup da CG hoje:

Pergunta minha a ele: "Will DataSnap remain tied to COM?"

Resposta: "I think it's safe to answer "no" for this one. Steve (Shaughnessy) is definitely
looking at eliminating COM as a required technology DataSnap solution,
and what he has in mind is 100% feasible and achievable."
...
"What I want to see is "native" (supported by the respective
platform/language frameworks) interop among data operations, REST,
"skins", user ids, tagging, commenting, searching, and so on for all
these platforms."

Fiquei feliz! :-) O DataSnap precisa se livrar da infraestrutura COM para então alcançar outro patamar.

Agora é esperar a revisão do roadmap do Delphi que o Nick Rodges disse que sai até o fim do mes de Janeiro, e ficar de olho no que o Tiburon trará de novidade.