I understand your considerations, but the article has nothing to do with software-as-a-service type 'clouds'. This is purely on the infrastructure-on-demand and platform layers, and as such actually new, as you also agreed with. Sorry if I am getting a bit technical but Clouds and REST happen to be very close to my research subject. I am one happy bunny today seeing their combination put forward by a major player.
Another thing to keep in mind that this is Tim Bray we are talking about. He can hardly be considered a peddler of hype.
Hey np. I probably shouldn't have commented on this particular one. I think it was a combination of articles and this one just pushed me over the edge today. The last few were far less worthy.
I agree there is good work going on. "infrastructure-on-demand" or "elastic-infrastructure" sounds so much nicer (to me) than 'cloud' though.
Another thing to keep in mind that this is Tim Bray we are talking about. He can hardly be considered a peddler of hype.