Shortly after posting about the extinction of EA I came across another post that listed about ten articles pronouncing the death of EA. OK, so in retrospect I was not particularly original or prescient. It was a fairly obvious target, I wasn't trying to pick sides in a debate, I was just writing to clarify my own thoughts by writing them down. It's not like I scan the net for prior opinions when I come up with an idea for a blog post.
The kindest thing I read was that we are merely in the "trough of disillusionment", and that in the end EA will regain a newfound respect when the true value of architecture regains it rightful place (See http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1417513).
The problem with the TOD is what happens when an idea really dies? There is no-one left to create fantasy diagrams of rebirth. The TOD is only valid in hindsight, which makes it a particularly useless tool.
Anyway, enough talk about Enterprise Architecture. It's not a particularly interesting topic, the only people who seem to want to talk about it are enterprise architects. If I keep posting about EA there is a danger that enterprise architects may start leaving comments :).
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