Microsoft, IBM close controversial message spec

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One year after sparking angry outcries from a rival specification faction, Microsoft, IBM, BEA Systems and Tibco Software have completed their specification for a key component of Web services messaging. According to a Microsoft document, the four companies have published a completed a spec for WS-ReliableMessaging, which allows messages to be delivered between distributed applications in the wake of software, system or network failures.