>> it now seems to all be SOAP, XML, .NET, whatever -- but very Microsoft.
SOAP and XML are anything but MS centric, being standards much like SMTP and HTTP .NET is an application framework that runs on MS platforms ( and maybe UNIX/Linux at some point). You can program in any supported language, including PERL. An XML WEB Service (usually implemented as SOAP over HTTP) would be both platform and language independent, the best of all worlds. John Roche einfosystems.net Microsoft Certified Partner This mail was content checked for malicious code and viruses by GFI MailSecurity. GFI MailSecurity provides email content checking, exploit detection and anti-virus for Exchange & SMTP servers. Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more information.
