>>http://www.gotdotnet.com/wscontest/
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>Why is it that when reading the news on the main page or when going to that page that I have the impression that it seems that only .NET can offer Web Services?

Some rules :

5. Each XML Web service must be registered into the public UDDI directory according to the rules located in the section below "Registering Your XML Web Service in UDDI". Please note that these instructions require certain registration techniques in order to provide discoverability of your service inside of Visual Studio .NET Beta 2.

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8. It is not necessary for the XML Web service(s) to be built using Microsoft technology


My English is not that good. And my knowledge either; Are the above consistent ?
What does it say ? We don't force you to develop via MS, as long as you use MS ?