Myths about SOAP

• It's simple
• It has something to do with 'objects'
• There's a 'web' in web services
• Seamlessly interop with Microsoft .Net
• Developers have to deal with XML
• The standards are mature
• It will cure all that ails you

Chuck D sez: Don't Believe The Hype!

There's a lot of hype. A lot of ambitious promises. Usually lots of hype and ambitious promises spells trouble, revolutions are generally difficult to forecast so lets stop forecasting one and take the technology as far as it can go for what it's good at.