SOA filling the Gaps

I recently read Steve Yegge 's very interesting post cited by  Rip's Rowan . According to Rip it is "The best article I've ever read about architecture and the management of IT".  It is a very interesting post which was intended to be internal memoranda and accidently was published externally. I read it in the right time: just after publishing in my blog a post titled:  Will Google Survive until 2021? Revisited - part 1  and before publishing part 2.  You can read it here . I recommend reading it from start to end although it is a long post.  As a former Amazon employee and current Google employee he discusses the limitations and strengths of the two companies (more criticism than praise) and compares them to Apple , Facebook and Microsoft .  He discusses both technological aspects, focusing on what he calls Internal SOA and  on Organizational Culture.   Few Notes The notes do not support or dispute Steve's views. They just s...