Jim Allchin is not buying the argument that there's any confusion about Microsoft's message on Web services. If anything, he says, it's just the opposite.
Earlier this summer, Bill Gates allowed that Microsofti's .Net Web services strategy was progressing more slowly than anticipated. But Allchin, who is responsible for Microsoft's platform strategy, maintains that the industry adoption of XML (Extensible Markup Language) Web services is proceeding apace, any speed bumps notwithstanding.
"In terms of the overall vision of XML Web services, I think it's been quite successful," he says.
Allchin, who recently oversaw the first update to Microsoft's Windows XP operating system, sat down with CNET News.com to discuss XML and the future of consumer-oriented Web services, a segment that was once promoted as the future of online commerce.
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