I've always posited that web services didn't become widespread because of the church of REST, or even that the HTTP protocol is that amazing. It's because you

I've always posited that web services didn't become widespread because of the church of REST, or even that the HTTP protocol is that amazing. It's because you could get through the firewall without a four month review with the firewall team. Well, and you could reuse web tools and software. Ok, that's probably it, but the firewall convenience is DEFINITELY a thing.