IBM shuts down their public UDDI registry. Via Bill de hOra.

It’s about time. I can tell you the exact point I lost interest in UDDI: it was the second advisory board meeting and I was struggling with the enthusiasm expressed by the board for adding features and categorizations while the basic directory was failing to get traction. A gentleman who shall remain nameless was waxing philosophic about how UDDI would be used to track shipments and trucks as they made their way across the country. It was such a huge moment of disconnect – I just wanted a directory of services – that I realized UDDI is not for me. The U foiled us; we tried to be Universal not in acceptance and reach, but in scope and features.