Great points! I too have seen (and felt) this developer fatigue and it is a real problem. But you have to be careful moving people around as this...

Sure, we've invested so much money and 10 hard years learning this stuff that we just have to use it right?

You're entitled to your opinion of course, strange COBOL analogy...

Yes I entirely agree with gavwat - either you have completely misunderstood the aims of Houston or (more likely IMHO) there is a smidgeon of faux-outrage in this editorial

And at...