XML could (is) suffer(ing) from much the same thing. I think that people are hoping that they won't have to analyze their information managment requirements. Instead they'll "Just put it into XML". Hmmm.

One the one hand it may be overkill for certain apps, on the other hand it is a nice way of storing information in a consistent and easy to parse format.

You're still gonna have to think about what it is that you're managing using XML and what you're gonna do with it. The more complicated your application environment the more effort its gonna require.

Randy's comments have encouraged me to revisit this for config files that I make. :)