Andre Lewis on Tech

The story is here. A few notable excerpts:

In Ajax's case, there is little need to spur emergence of a market, because the market is already there. In most cases, it's been a situation of web developers taking the laws into their own hands, a strategy that Google Maps legitimized.

Very true, and I think precisely one of the reasons developers have been so enthusiastic about Ajax -- when there are no ground rules, it opens up a lot of creative options for developers.

. . . but with battle lines drawing on the future of rich Internet clients, something was bound to give. Like Linux previously, Ajax has become too popular for vendors to ignore.

Also true. The commercial market for Ajax tools and skills is about to explode.

The article goes on to talk about the proliferation of Ajax toolkits (70 at last count), Ajax support in Eclipse, and more.