[polyfractal]

So if I could summarize your post, it's basically "There are too many alternatives/variations/duplications in the software world...harumph"

Really? You ask why we "solve the same problems over and over again?" It's because no problem in software is ever truly solved. Were data-storage algorithms and structures solved twenty years ago by Oracle? Nope. Was search solved ten years ago by Yahoo? Nope.

The field is constantly evolving and no tool is ever perfect to meet the demands of modern needs. Honestly, who could have imagined that even small companies routinely work with hundreds of gigabytes of data? Large companies are dealing with petabytes of data.

That obviously requires a different toolset - whether it be a new language or a new platform or a new paradigm.

Your rant is basically saying "We have Model T automobiles dammnit, why would you ever want to build any other type of transportation?"