Comment by hackrmn

The point is that MCP solves a problem that doesn't _really_ exist. While consuming context, which is still at a premium. Claiming that services wouldn't be accessible to agents without MCP is at best misleading -- they certainly do [have access] through exactly what article sheds light on -- command-line tools, including but not limited to, input and output of said tool(s). Also, from a purely technical standpoint, MCP is "non-compositional" compared to command-line tools, and those who don't value composition are IMO doomed to discover so at their own peril, sooner or later.

And to be blunt, a) you're investment bias'ed and b) whether you're selling the product (MCP) to a gazillion companies doesn't exactly disprove a).

Just look at Microsoft -- they've buried more technology than most, and there's little correlation between usefulness and how deeply buried it is, and some would claim that the correlation is _inverse_. Organisational factors are what drive them, just as I suspect they are now driving OpenAI's insistence on MCP. I understand it's hard to see that from inside.