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    2.0? No!

    It's my job to keep up with the industry buzzwords, else I wouldn't have a clue what I was reading, or indeed what I should be writing about. One number, however, is really starting to get to me. It's accurate to one decimal place and it's less than three.

    Ah yes, '2.0'. It could be written as '2', but that's just not computery enough, is it? It doesn't look like the latest technological buzzword (or should that be buzznumber?) unless there's a decimal point on there.

    So what's my problem with 2.0? It's everywhere. Somehow this damn number signifies a resurgence in Internet business. Put a 2.0 in your business plan, your website name, or on your new intimately located tattoo, and instantly success is guaranteed.

    Web 2.0... what the hell is web 2.0? A lot of people associate it with Ajax. Ajax is clever use of javascript to allow asyncronous communication with an http server. It's really useful, and can result in some very nice web interfaces (trust me, I've had a play coding with it myself), but at the end of the day it doesn't stop a website being crap all by itself.

    What about business 2.0? I don't even care what that means. Dell's talking about Dell 2.0. That pretty much kills that phrase off for me.

    I'm bored ranting. I thought I had more in me, but now I'm drained from the anger. Can we please use 2.0 a little less? Oh, and woe betide anyone who tries 3.0 on me...
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    I blame Jake 2.0 for the whole thing.

    also in coding terms , 2.0 signifies a major new release of a product ?
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    Agree pointless

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    Agreed, this is a very pointless marketing buzz

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    Quote Originally Posted by Moby-Dick View Post
    also in coding terms , 2.0 signifies a major new release of a product ?
    So what's 2.0 about the web? Have we suddenly launched a major new release of it? Nobody told me...
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    its all smoke and mirrors

    convince them its a brand new product and you'll have a nice bubble (2.0)

    in the words of the brothers grimm "Its not Magic, its just Shiney !"
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    But yeh web 2.0 makes me laugh

    edit: Wikipedia on Web 2.0

    Common Web 2.0 design elements: rounded corners, gradients, hatch backgrounds, large fonts, a supermarket sticker and the wet floor effect used heavily by Apple
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    Dead 2.0 is a good read.

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