O'Reilly: The state of the Internet operating system: "Tim O'Reilly has posted a
lengthy article about the 'Internet operating system.' 'This is
the crux of my argument about the internet operating system. We are once
again approaching the point at which the Faustian bargain will be made:
simply use our facilities, and the complexity will go away. And much as
happened during the 1980s, there is more than one company making that
promise. We're entering a modern version of 'the Great Game', the rivalry
to control the narrow passes to the promised future of computing. (John
Battelle calls them 'points of control'.) This rivalry is seen most acutely
in mobile applications that rely on internet services as back-ends.'"
