Yeah - I'd agree in general. However, I'd argue that SOAP isn't really there yet either - it's more progressed, but issues such as versioning and lifecycle mana

Yeah - I'd agree in general. However, I'd argue that SOAP isn't really there yet either - it's more progressed, but issues such as versioning and lifecycle management aren't something many orgs really have a handle on yet. So I guess my query is - How will these orgs feel about Sun moving to REST when they are still investing/maturing a SOA based on SOAP?