"Many banks are attracted to Open Source but, in the words of Will Smith, 'Wiki, wiki, why, why?'. Surely you give away your competitive advantage when you offer your ideas to all and sundry.
"It amazes me the number of times I have encountered discussions about Service Oriented Architectures (SOA), Open Source, Websphere, Components, Wiki's and so on. It amazes me for two reasons. One is that half the time I have no idea what these guys are talking about and two, many of us were talking about Object-based Developments over a decade ago. So what's new? SOA, and its associated pieces, is nothing new. It is just that it is now mainstream, having been heavily promoted by IBM, Oracle and other tech players..."
