However, Microsoft “tends to use all these green field examples,” says Jason Bloomberg, an analyst at ZapThink, a consultancy in Waltham, Mass. “It’s a bit misleading because most Web services are simply new interfaces on existing technology. But a lot of the examples Microsoft uses tend toward brand-new applications.”

Another thing to keep in mind is that “the presence of Web services doesn’t obsolete the need for code – it’s an interface, not a new coding model,” reminds Ron Schmelzer, another ZapThink analyst. “You still need Java, C#, php or Cobol.”

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