I'm puzzled by the attitude displayed by this node. While it is not a 'Perl specific' question it is without a doubt a qutestionable term that all Perl programmers should at least be aware of. The consideration of this node as OT I find baffling. Moving it to meditations I would have understood, but to to not see the value and pertinance of the marketing of webservices to Perl developers somehow rubs me the wrong way.

I agree that the term has little value add in the scheme of things. It reminds me of the abuse of the word "portal" a few years ago, but understanding of the market and it's terminology is as important to Perl developers as the code itself.