One of Microsoft's top executives said his company is frustrated by the slow adoption of consumer-oriented Web services, once heralded as the future of online commerce.
"When we look out on the landscape, we don't see enough Web sites--and, in particular, customer-facing sites--that have XML Web services interfaces that people can take advantage of," Jim Allchin, Microsoft's senior vice president for Windows.

Given Microsoft's own struggles to establish a consumer-oriented Web services plan called .Net My Services, Allchin's comments come as no surprise. But his statement reveals the level of frustration within Microsoft over sluggish industry acceptance for what some in the company saw as a can't-miss proposition. Others might interpret his remarks as a call to action for Microsoft's partners to make the .Net plan a success.

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