Web sockets make ajax/CORS obsolete?

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Will web sockets when used in all web browsers make ajax obsolete?

Cause if I could use web sockets to fetch data and update data in realtime, why would I need ajax? Even if I use ajax to just fetch data once when the application started I still might want to see if this data has changed after a while.

And will web sockets be possible in cross-domains or only to the same origin?

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