"what you end up with is vast overspending to deliver very little value" I agree completely, fortunately (or maybe unfortunately depending on your view), this

"what you end up with is vast overspending to deliver very little value" I agree completely, fortunately (or maybe unfortunately depending on your view), this waste employees lots of people who want just a "job and a paycheck please". I think in the coming year or two, there will be an awakening here. Agile Web 2.0 stuff will start to show business users the things they can do when "Enterprise Architects" get out of the way. "Naturally, this kind of bullshit is a huge disincentive to innovation. If you actually had a good idea, there are so many obstacles to trying it and getting things done that the smart people end up grinded down and flee for greener more flexible pastures. " No kidding. I learned my lesson on this over the last two years. I actually think the change will come from the business users. There will be profoundly cheaper alternatives to traditional Enterprise applications in the coming years. I don't have faith in CEOs and CTOs to see this coming.