How good and/or necessary are Stateful Web Services?

Question

What kind of server do you people see in real projects?

1) Web Services MUST be stateless: Basically you must send username/password with every request, every reques

Answer 1

I think with Flex clients the state is moved out of the service and into the client tier. Keep the services stateless and let the clients maintain the state needed. The services stay simple, and the clients are free to mash them together as they wish.