> Maybe this is just inevitable evolution of the IT industry but I've noticed two things that are alarming.
I was at the Southern California Linux Expo[1] earlier this month, and one of the really weird things was how many people from Microsoft were presenting and attending (I wasn't the only one - Bryan Lunduke, ex-MSFT, did a podcast episode about it[2]). I think the trends you point out are from a lot of Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, Java, etc people now being forced into the Linux world, because Linux is now the default for new IT projects. Unfortunately they are bringing along their "practices" instead of retraining in good software systems engineering.
I was at the Southern California Linux Expo[1] earlier this month, and one of the really weird things was how many people from Microsoft were presenting and attending (I wasn't the only one - Bryan Lunduke, ex-MSFT, did a podcast episode about it[2]). I think the trends you point out are from a lot of Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, Java, etc people now being forced into the Linux world, because Linux is now the default for new IT projects. Unfortunately they are bringing along their "practices" instead of retraining in good software systems engineering.
[1] https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/16x [2] http://lunduke.com/2018/03/10/microsoft-headlined-a-major-li...