tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24244078.post2846384648399810334..comments2008-04-08T22:32:14.713+01:00swardleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04702421918430488600noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24244078.post-88185168672557458732008-04-08T22:32:00.000+01:002008-04-08T22:32:00.000+01:00I'll respond to this in another blog post.swardleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04702421918430488600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24244078.post-27933945996020358262008-04-08T21:59:00.000+01:002008-04-08T21:59:00.000+01:00You are certainly correct, Simon, that Amazon/Google is the launch of something new. As I just <A HREF="http://blog.jamesurquhart.com/2008/04/google-apps-engine-forte-software-for.html" REL="nofollow">noted on my blog</A>, perhaps it is critical to look at this from the perspective of web businesses, rather than from enterprise IT's perspective. From the former angle, this is disruptive and revolutionary; from the latter, its a no-op at this point, except perhaps for externally facing web apps.James Urquharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07869296024524739031noreply@blogger.com