[kls]

MVC was conceived to account for the limitations of a view oriented development philosophy. MVC is far from modern as it is not an evented model. Modern are platforms like Node.js and the RIA toolkits who eschew MVC in favor of an evented and message oriented architecture.

http://www.appcelerant.com/mvc_is_dead.html

http://apsblog.burtongroup.com/2007/11/mvc-matrix-and-.html

http://broadcast.oreilly.com/2008/10/mvc-as-anti-pattern.htm...

http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/12/22/mvc-and-web-apps-o...