I guess two points...
To the people claiming its becoming Warcraft: Casualclysm... Both Sam and Svper are right on this. Looking at EQ, which was the big game prior to Warcraft, they've made it much easier and less punishing, in an attempt to cater to the masses.
Addons in particular like DBM, oRA2, Decursive, Smartbuff etc, place the game on extreme easy mode, telling you to move away from the boss when an emote occurs, or that you are too close to another raid member... rather then forcing you to notice yourself.
And catering to the masses has proven to be a far stronger business model, then catering to the top 0.05% of the player base.
It seems funny, that people are complaining that the game is becoming easier, considering the ease of the game is what made it successful to begin with. Moving further in this direction, just increases the number of players who can play through raid level content. If you desire more challenging raids then Cataclysm will provide, there are other games out there to try; or if you want your gaming to be a masochistic experience, nothing is preventing you from reverting to Everquest on a PvP server.
I see a lot more 10-man groups in Cataclsym... but hardly feel the 25-man's will die out.
It could be as simple as 2 pieces of loot (per boss) on a 10-man, and 6 pieces instead of 5 (10 x 2.5 = 25; 2 x 2.5 = 5) per boss on 25-man, but the same loot dropping. Therefore running 25's gets you the loot a little bit faster per person in the raid. 25's could also drop 100g per person more gold then 10's (over the course of a full clear), basically paying for a larger portion of your repairs.
Sure, it will be easier to get 10 players who can commit to 3 hours, twice a week, then it is to find 25 players who can do the same. You might only need 2 part-time raiders as fill-ins for the 10-man group, while you need 5-6 for the larger raid...
But I'd think most guilds will run 25's and most pugs will run 10's.
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