Hamilton in 2008 for Mclaren and last year for Brawn GP

It is true that Schumacher's last competitive outing in an F1 car was over three years back but his drive, motivation and thirst for success still remain the same. Since his retirement the grid has seen three different World Champions from different teams. Raikkonen in 2007 for Ferrari, Hamilton in 2008 for Mclaren and last year for Brawn GP, it was Jenson Button. With the new breed of drivers and World Champions ruling the roost, it will be interesting to see how Schumacher fits in as the "uncle". Of all the drivers in his era, only Rubens Barrichello still remains on the grid Even David Coulthard is now atrack-side reporter for BBC.

Breaking up the factors into pros and cons from Schumacher's perspective, I came up with a list that looks roughly like this: Pros: 1 His name and whatever comes with it 2 His record and reputation 3. His hunger, drive and motivation (a repeat of what I said earlier) 4 Pairing with Ross Brawn 5 A virtual guarantee that the team will be built around him 6 The element of surprise and the fact that "enigma" factor Cons: 1. Return to racing after a three year hiatus whilst his competitors have been racing in that time 2 Younger, fitter breed of drivers. (Schumacher born 1969: Button born 1980, Massa and Alonso born 1981, Hamilton born 1985) 3 Reputation for courting controversy 4 New rules, new cars (compared to 2006) 5.

Emergence of new circuits (Valencia, Singapore and Abu Dhabi) 6 Night racing in Singapore and Dusk racing in Abu Dhabi. Having said all this, I look forward to the coming season because it sees Schumacher return to the grid, for a different team other than Ferrari and I hope he gets at least nine wins in this stint (taking him to 100 GP wins) and wish that he wins another title or two maybe. Either ways this is probably the biggest comeback in the last 100 years of sporting history.. SALT LAKE CITY, UT, Jan 05 (MARKET WIRE) Burton Group, a research and consulting firm focused on in-depth analysisof enterprise technologies, announces the death of "SOA"(service-oriented architecture).Once thought to be the savior of IT, SOA has instead turned into a greatfailed experiment at least for most organizations. In the beginning,the forecast for SOA was to reduce costs and increase agility on a largescale, but except in rare situations, SOA has not delivered those promisedbenefits. Burton Group research and surveys have uncovered that for manyorganizations, their SOA efforts have made things worse, not better: costsare higher, projects take longer, and systems are more fragile than ever.Now with budgets tightening in 2009, organizations are cutting the fundingfor their SOA initiatives.According to a blog post by Anne Thomas Manes, VP and research director,"It's time to accept reality SOA fatigue has turned into SOAdisillusionment. Business people no longer believe that SOA will deliverspectacular benefits 'SOA' has become a bad word.