Ah, it seems we have moved to the deprecation phase of the buzzword lifecycle. Consultants and pundits would be well-advised to begin seeking the next thing. M

Ah, it seems we have moved to the deprecation phase of the buzzword lifecycle. Consultants and pundits would be well-advised to begin seeking the next thing. Meanwhile, those of us who actually build systems will probably continue to make all our services as small as possible, and to compose systems from discrete processes that may or may not require more than one computer.