WS-Incompatible

"Taking all that into account, I would like to restate my first quote "there is no point in making a Web Service unless you want interoperability" I would then like to add a new one "interoperability means making sure that even those languages and toolkits that you despise for ideological, technical or political reasons can still call your web service. " Welcome to the Realpolitik of Web Services. "
[Steve Loughran]

Great little story at the begining of the article about German shops. Enjoyable read.