Hi, Kevin.

>" while .NET is still a brand new product, and some of its pieces are already in jeopardy -think Remoting, for example. "
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>Very interesting...about a year ago, our organization was looking at the differences between the two. Despite the performance overhead of Web Services, we had consultants recommend web services. More than one told us that they heard 'rumors' that MS would not be supporting remoting in the future.
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>What I'm curious about is this - suppose an application tier is on a different server/domain than the web server. If remoting isn't part of the picture down the road, what's the alternative to needing to drop an instance of IIS on every domain? I've seen resistance in some shops to this. Maybe I'm missing something.

Indigo. This is still somehow far, but it will definitively come. Also, part of the past Web Services limitations are already dissapearing.

Take a look:
Web Services Enhancements 2.0

Indigo

Enjoy!