Insight on SOAP

The .NET guy has an interesting observation on SOAP:

By the time you've made HTTP + XML do all the things developers need for real-life systems, HTTP + XML will be just as complex [as Corba]; it's inevitable. What annoys me is that catch-cry of "look at how easy this is!", with no-one crying "yes, and did you notice how little it can do?"

He's got a point. The only difference is that we now have a fat textual format instead of a binary one. That's either an advantage or a disadvantage, depending on who you ask...