I'm not sure if Tim's historical analogy is on target, time will tell. But his rational prior to the analogy is the best short summary I've read so far. O'Rei

I'm not sure if Tim's historical analogy is on target, time will tell. But his rational prior to the analogy is the best short summary I've read so far. O'Reilly's more lengthy version is also worth the read http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/10/web-20-and-cloud-computing.html http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/10/web-20-and-cloud-computing....