---
title: "What does Indigo really mean?"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2005/4/29/what-does-indigo-really-mean.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2005/4/29/what-does-indigo-really-mean.html"
published: "2005-04-29T12:58:00"
updated: "2005-04-29T12:58:00"
tags: ["Architecture"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Nice writing by Rocky Lhotka here about what Indigo really means, and why all the hype surrounding it might be meaningless until we start using it for bigger and better things. Very interesting way of putting things in…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
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# What does Indigo really mean?

By Roy Osherove April 29, 2005 In [Architecture](https://osherove.com/blog/category/architecture)

**Historical article** · Originally published April 29, 2005; technical details may be outdated.

Nice writing by Rocky Lhotka [here](http://www.lhotka.net/WeBlog/PermaLink.aspx?guid=7849bd66-21b9-4731-9a22-1d617f0f9455) about what Indigo **really** means, and why all the hype surrounding it might be meaningless until we start using it for bigger and better things. Very interesting way of putting things in perspective. If you read just one thing about Indigo - it should be this.

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