>>>I like things simple. Overengineered stuff has little room in my toolbox. If a technology takes a long time to understand just the concepts and implementation, it's not really an improvement.
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>Up to 1992 my experience was surgery: anesthetized patients on the table aren't really compatible with Rube Goldberg plans. Whereas IT seems to be dominated by Goldberg and his buddy Heath Robinson. Which is why many of us have high hopes for Android: apps only need to do one thing well to be a success and Goldberg exercises clearly are ridiculous.

It would probably make an interesting book how you transitioned from being a surgeon to a software guy. That is not a typical career path.

Re Android, that operates in an entirely different space from enterprise solutions. I understand your position that mobile apps will rule the world within a few years. We're not there yet, nor are all enterprise architectures Rube Goldberg.