What's Next for The MLS?

The National Association of Realtors has a lengthy article about the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) issue:

If there i’s one consensus among almost everyone interviewed for this article, it'’s the need for the nearly 900 MLSs nationwide to consolidate further. Although more than 100 regional and statewide MLSs already exist, the 2006 MLS Technology Survey conducted by the Center for REALTOR® Technology found that 55 percent of REALTORs® surveyed would like to see more regional or statewide MLSs and 47 percent of the MLSs surveyed had discussed consolidation. The disagreement comes in the degree.

Read it. What do you think?