DW 2.0: The Architecture for the Next Generation of Data Warehousing

There is a new book on data warehousing as captioned from William H Inmon.

http://www.amazon.com/2-0-Architecture-Generation-Warehousing-Management/dp/0123743192/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I1QPVT468NJ02Q&colid=PCMLLT8JEW9C

Is his design concepts / principles another school of thoughts from Dr Kimball? Is it common in the DW industry?