Web 2.0 Man Law

When I grow up, I want to be able to rant as eloquently as Bill Thompson does about Web 2.0 which he says "marks the dictatorship of the presentation layer, a triumph of appearance over architecture that any good computer scientist should immediately dismiss as unsustainable.". He also calls it "Ajaxified snakeoil" and "promised metaverse, the land of prims and money."

Honestly, for a while now I have I secretly wished that in my 90s I become the wizened Scribe in the Miller Lite "Men at the Square Table" commercials. 

In that spirit, I table the following Man Law sponsored by Bill:

"Ajax is completely off limits in enterprise technology. If one was to Ajax an application, they might as well put a little umbrella in it and call it a "Web 2.0 colada".

Man Law: "Don't Ajax an Enterprise App"

Do I hear a second for the vote?

Comments

[Anshu]

[Lame guy in suit]:Yes, but then how do I make my IT agile? Can I be agile without a mashup?

[Dork in glasses]:And how do I go after the tail.. I mean the long tail.

For those who still think Web2.0 is not a fad, check out Nissan's car ads featuring SHIFT_2.0.

Enough said.

[Ali]

Vinnie,
First, your law is too broad. You have to make a distinction between "native delivery" and "portal delivery", i.e. are you saying that Portal solutions should not be AJAX enabled? Because a lot of vendors offer Portal solutions with AJAX capabilities. Also, many vendors are creating "role based" UI's, for example, through these portal, which are AJAX enabled.
Second, AJAX is a means to an end, an end that's reachable through other development standards like Microsoft WebForms, JSF, SAP WebDynpro, and others. Also, interactive web application functionality (which is a lot of what is hot in AJAX), like drag and drop is available in most enterprise software out there, like SAP Visual Composer, Cognos, and SugarCRM (which became fully AJAX-fied in SugarCRM 4.5).

[vinnie mirchandani]

Ali, it was meant to be tongue in check like the Miller Lite commercials which also make sweeping statements like don't fruit the beer ...

[Ali]

Aha! You got me worried there for a second, the post is very much late to market...very un-Vinnie like ;-)