Blog Posts Tagged With 'soa'
Web 2.0, Web 3.0, Web 4.0, Web 5.0 - where will it end?
Posted 7 months ago by Jon Mell
09/01/2008
Ok - so here's why I really really dislike the term "Web 2.0". As well as the common problems of a phrase used to describe a new paradigm in computing (such as the problems around terms such as SOA), "Web 2.0" in particular suffers from a specific problem. Using "2.0", a number that sounds like a version you would apply to a software product, simply encourages people to be the first to claim to have come up with, or understand the next version. Already people are starting to talk about Web 3.0 just to be the first clever person to...
What does Web 2.0 (and SOA for that matter) actually mean
Posted 7 months ago by Jon Mell
07/01/2008
Whenever a new buzzword comes along in IT there's usually a prolonged gnashing of teeth around what the term "actually means". It happened with SOA and it happened/is happening with Web 2.0. These debates tend to follow a pattern - the terms start shrouded in mystery and anyone who can explain it is a Very Clever Person. Then someone comes along and says that it's nothing new, just merely a new way of marketing technology concepts that have been around for ages. These people are Really Very Clever People as they have managed to expose the Very Clever People and...
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