Martin Sústrik wrote about this: "Let's stop kidding ourselves about APIs" (http://250bpm.com/blog:55 http://250bpm.com/blog:55) There are more posts on his bl

Martin Sústrik wrote about this: "Let's stop kidding ourselves about APIs" (http://250bpm.com/blog:55 http://250bpm.com/blog:55) There are more posts on his blog that seem to touch on subjects mentioned in the OP.