WebServices and J2EE

I am _struggling_ to understand why NOT J2EE define a new container or at least a componenty-by-itself for 'web services'. When they have 'Servlet' and a sibling called 'JSP', 'EJB' (and a variety of them), 'Web Page' etc., - why couldn't they define a simple 'Web Service'. Lets face it.

Now I have to choose between a simple Java class vs EJB as my 'Web Service' implementation. Isn't?

And why should people use the term "SOAP over JMS"? Some how this doesn't sound like 'platform neutral' as in "SOAP over http". Check this one out for another opinion from other gurus -

http://www.subbu.org/weblogs/main/2005/03/soap_over_jms.html

http://dev2dev.bea.com/blog/pdone/archive/2007/03/using_soap_over.html

My original jokes...

Divorce rates are high coz people are used to "return policy".

"The race is not about race or sex". - a thought on Democratic Campaign 2008.

American Idol is a huge success and Indian Idol is too. Chinese Idol wouldn't work because people can't vote in China.