Yahoo Pipes - SOA for the Web?

I recently learned of Yahoo Pipes after poking a little around WeFeelFine.org's technostack, and 50minutes of videocasts later, I'm quite engaged!

So how would I describe the Ytoobes? Online present ESB with simple BPEL engine and editor. What's so special about this, is that they've lowered the learning curve for being a SOA Web configurer, and provide advanced functionality to the up-until-now static pages of non-enterpricy webpages!

When I look into my crystal ball, I see

• Screenscraping webpages for providing RSS feeds


• Advanced forms and workflows embedded into "static" databaseless webpages


• A new contestant for enterpricy integration

HuskerMedia Demo Pipe

Conclusion

A serious competitor for web-datasource extraction with a low entry-level for adoption that can be expensive to miss out on!