Websphere: IBM Middleware Museum?

Charles Fitzgerald, Microsoft Evangelist:

"WebSphere is more than 300 random parts, it has no software architecture," he says. "It's the IBM middleware museum--30 years of products in one box. However, to tour the museum, you need a couple of busloads of consultants."

Earlier this week, a competitor (other than Microsoft) used this metaphor with me. I cracked up. Ouch.