1.   The resurrected MSN threatens dozens of independent web services that have sprung up on the Internet.

2.   Web services is a very big change, we believe, in the way companies use technology, in the way that they integrate technology.

3.   Web services built with the Java-based tools run on all kinds of hardware and operating systems, not just Windows.

4.   Web services is using standard Internet protocols to rebuild back-end systems.

5.   Web services will be delivered not only to PCs, but also to cell phones, digital televisions, hand-held computers and videogame consoles.

6.   Web services has been massively overhyped and probably too much has been written about it too early.

7.   He said they are also willing to train and give lectures to companies who are in need of web services and maintenance.

8.   But while the number of Internet users and web sites in Asia was mushrooming, prices for web software services remain higher than in the West.

9.   The global alliance with Microsoft will focus on XML web services, the provision of business solutions and improving mobile communications.