When I was at Microsoft's Reston office earlier this month, there was a 'Softie (oh, I just can't remember his name) who was telling me that the next big thing was going to be Software Factories. He showed me the dev center for them. Said to get to know them, keep my eyes out, etc. Well, I have definitely seen the beginnings of buzz over the last few weeks hither and thither - mostly on the MSDN blogs. Here looks like a good blog to follow for more info...

So, it's on my list, though I'm still not there quite yet...