Leymann, FrankDadam, PeterReichert, Manfred2019-10-112019-10-1120043-88579-379-2https://dl.gi.de/handle/20.500.12116/28839Web services have been introduced about four years ago. Standardization is making a lot of progress as well as corresponding product support by vendors. We sketch some likely high-level impacts of this technology on software in general: On the software representing the environment for executing applications, on the software that represents the application itself, and on the way of using software.enText/Conference Paper1617-5468