Web 2.0 ???

So what is this Web 2.0 all about ? I have subscription to many techy newsletters and magazines and everyone of them talk about Web 2.0.

An oldtimer it may sound but version control numbers like 1.0 or 2.0 is usually used when a product get revised, updated, upgraded, bugs ironed out, features added and then released.

The WWW is not a product from any company. Nor is there going to be any uniform upgrade of backbone technology / node servers. Nor is anyone going to implement a new routing algorithm that's going to prevent packet from Chennai from going to USA before coming back to Bangalore..... So what's the hype ?

I think it's just another Y2K, SOX, SOA. Damn the IT folks.