> This kind of pendulum like, tick-tocking back and forth between things like fat clients/thin-clients, dumb termials/PCs, centralized vs. decentralized (well, cloud-based [i.e., someone else's computer]) applications, and so on, are part-and-parcel of computing that goes as far back as possible. This is just another "tock" in that cycle.
True, this is because all software design and architecture is a set of trade-offs and each trade-off has a downside. Software design and architecture is also very fad-ish in that "the it thing" changed and everyone rushes to use it in order to keep their skills competitive. The fads of IT is a large part of the churn that makes low quality software.
True, this is because all software design and architecture is a set of trade-offs and each trade-off has a downside. Software design and architecture is also very fad-ish in that "the it thing" changed and everyone rushes to use it in order to keep their skills competitive. The fads of IT is a large part of the churn that makes low quality software.