Clearly you don't know a lot of software developers. Or maybe you're right and I'm just lucky each time with my coworkers.
Also, adding OSS (and to a lesser degree, XML) to a list of 'hype' product is quite the reach. The first because Open Source is 50 years old and gained ground slowly, and the second because I don't think XML was ever trendy amongst developers. Maybe Ops, sec or management liked it, but devs? I recognize it's qualities but I'd rather hang myself with poorly formatted CSV (even with libraries to generate it: XML is a fucking pain to debug).
Also, adding OSS (and to a lesser degree, XML) to a list of 'hype' product is quite the reach. The first because Open Source is 50 years old and gained ground slowly, and the second because I don't think XML was ever trendy amongst developers. Maybe Ops, sec or management liked it, but devs? I recognize it's qualities but I'd rather hang myself with poorly formatted CSV (even with libraries to generate it: XML is a fucking pain to debug).