But if we're not careful this will circle back to apps/silos. What I'd like to see is the Smalltalk approach: data providers that are able to send/receive mess

But if we're not careful this will circle back to apps/silos. What I'd like to see is the Smalltalk approach: data providers that are able to send/receive messages, and can be connected together to achieve a goal. Even better if the connecting is done by the "machine" after I issue a command.