>You ought to consider sending it elsewhere too, to publications that cater to the 'management end' of this business.

Well, there is work to do before this becomes a "Managers take heed now" issue. Though I would be curious to see Steve Ballmer's response. He, after all, was the driving force behind Web Services at Microsoft. I'm interested in seeing if he would change his "Web Services all the way" tune to "Web Services most of the way so I can still make money with SQL Server" or whether he'd understand where the technology is headed and make sure Microsoft is apart of it.