Is Spring still lightweight?

Nice article speaking out loudly, what has to be said.
http://azeditech.com/spring/is-it-still-lightweight.html
And I can’t even work out what each Spring Source product does and whether it makes sense for me to even consider spending the cash, I quickly get bogged down by solution-speak every time I try to get a quick understanding. Then I saw a notice [...]

InfoQ: VMware Acquires SpringSource for $420 Million – Industry Reactions

who could have seen THIS coming?
via InfoQ: VMware Acquires SpringSource for $420 Million – Industry Reactions.
So PaaS is the new hype, i suppose?