Just in case there's some confusion: that's exactly my point. Not the part about engineers vs. programmers, but the "client needs trump personal preference" bit

Just in case there's some confusion: that's exactly my point. Not the part about engineers vs. programmers, but the "client needs trump personal preference" bit. In our case, in order to be players in the industry, we have to support XML-RPC/SOAP. (edit: typos)