>>I'm behind in my postings so I'll leave the analysis for others. I love this line, though -- A consultant with a leading IT services firm I recently spoke with likened Microsoft's .NET vision to "a spell-checker for rent over the Internet for Word."
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>I don't get it. Is that supposed to be outragous or something? Its a little simplified, and its not really Microsoft's "vision" (anyone who has been paying attention realizes that the PC isn't all that common in Microsoft's plans for .NET) but that definitely is one use of a Web Service.

I posted it because I thought it was humorous and not necessarily a reflection of overall strategy. Get it?

Bill Anderson