Throughout my time as editor of XML.com, one phenomenon irritated me more then anything else: the ridiculous web services hype-train. This has since been repackaged as "SOA", and I think you'll enjoy the following press clippings.

• 2005 Will Be the Year of SOA -- Are You Ready? (.NET Developer's Journal)
• 2004: The year of the SOA? (ZapThink, searchwebservices.com)
• Predicts 2003: SOA Comes of Age via Web Services (Gartner)
• Bowstreet Predicts 2002 Will Be The 'Year of Web Services' (Bowstreet press release)