Booch positive on the Semantic Web "Also on the horizon for developers is the semantic Web, said Booch.

"What the semantic Web brings to bear is the notion of bringing more self-knowledge to things on the Web," creating opportunities for new applications that tie together semantically rich and knowledgeable data, he said.

But Booch cautioned, "I must remind you again that software development remains a very, very hard thing. There's no silver bullet here.""