I can't get rid of a feeling that Web 2.0 is a little bit about cheating rather than innovating. Seriously, everything interesting and truly remarkable was buil

I can't get rid of a feeling that Web 2.0 is a little bit about cheating rather than innovating. Seriously, everything interesting and truly remarkable was built in "Web 1.0" days: online search, online directions, blogs (yes, they are a lot older than most think :-), you name it - everything was built or invented back in late 90s. With Web 2.0 people talk alot about: - Using code that you did not write (god bless open source) - ... and never spend a dime on (or contributing to) it - Never worry about actual content/service - ... and never pay a dime for content (let customers do it for you!) so... basically Web 2.0 is largely about not creating anything, but rather finding ways of capitalizing on what others have done. Do I sound to pessimistic? :-) Did I forget about AJAX? :-) But AJAX is just one function call and it's been innovated by Microsoft wa-a-a-ay back in Web 1.0 days.