So Data Fabric is a bolt-on solution that we can't even honestly attempt today, while Data Mesh requires everyone in the engineering org to embrace data products?

Sounds like startups might adopt Data Mesh, while it's easy to reorient org-level behavior, but big enterprises are doomed to carry forward their current messes until AI magically delivers us Data Fabric as a viable option.

Anyone having more success with these approaches than my pessimistic take implies? Is it easier to adopt Data Mesh in a large org than I realize? Is Data Fabric a more viable option than the author considers?