Yes, thats part of my thinking too... the time and effort could certainly be spent on SOAP (and I can see the PR benefits for OpenACS) but....
What does anyone want to do with it?
I've been mailed privately on this same point by people concerned I might push effort and resources in a better direction, so yes, I think some concrete examples of need have to be supplied to...
Otherwise (as I've been reminded) there are other tasks we might more usefully contribute to