This approach to software development was codified in a meeting in February 2001 in Utah when a group of programmers declared its allegiance to doing things quickly, using common sense and simplicity.

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Similarly profound changes, Sikka said, are beginning to ripple through the IT operations of some large customers who are embracing this sense of renewal and simplicity within which cloud computing is not the destination but rather an essential part of the journey.

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" In the case of Kiesler Prize recipient Toyo Ito, the influence has been aesthetic in the broadest sense, motivating his "desire to pursue spaces of simplicity and transparent nature.

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