The main problem with &quot;SOA&quot; is that the big software corporations (the type that often have 3 letters in their names) realized they could make millions by layering on new 1000 page &quot;standards&quot; on top of the old 1000 page standards and selling crap solutions to CIOs via golf course handshakes.<p>Now they&#x27;ve got their eye on &quot;APIs&quot;, so watch out.  And by the way if the author is right about the trends in &quot;enterprise&quot; (and I believe he has a good handle on it) the whole &quot;schemaless&quot; fad is going to get real ugly, real quick.