March 2008
REST vs. SOAP at Amazon
Amazon has both SOAP and REST interfaces to their web services, and 85% of their usage is of the REST interface. Despite all of the corporate hype over the SOAP stack, this is pretty compelling evidence that developers like the simpler REST approach.
July 2006
» Amazon's SOA strategy: 'just do it' | Service-Oriented Architecture | ZDNet.com
It doesn't matter if a partner uses REST or SOAP, he pointed out. "Our developers don't care if it's REST or SOAP. It's all about customers," he said.
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