Amazon’s distributed computing manifesto (1998)
> All of this was being done before terms like service-oriented architecture existed.I feel like the first time I heard the term was early 2000's, and wasn't it a mainframe thing first? Dunno, just wondering.Anyhow, it's nicely written, very concise, and worth noting how the original author focuses more on "What kind of realistic options do we have?" than winning the A vs. B vs. C argument in one fell swoop.