There's a lot of talk going around right now about InfoPath, many are hailing it as the next big thing for Web Services.

While I'm sure there's lots of hype out there with little facts, it is clear that not everyone is happy about InfoPath.

Something I wanted to talk about is this: What about the alternatives? It hasn't gotten nearly as much press, but Altova's Authentic does most of what InfoPath is promising, but is offered for FREE , comes in many flavors (Windows App, ActiveX control, .NET Server Control, Placeholder for Microsoft CMS Server), and is pretty cool in what it can do.

I'm a big supporter of Microsoft, their applications are the core of my job, but I try not to be blind to alternatives (like Flash, Java, and Authentic etc).

What do you think?