Just to make it clear, the "thanks Doug" was a real "thanks" to Doug Blair for his updates on the WWRUG, not a sarcasm against Doug Mueller for the use of Flash. :)
> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Rick Cook > Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 8:55 AM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: WWRUG12 Doug Mueller and Kia Benhia Keynote > > > > ** Well, understand that it's just the direction they're heading toward - > nothing is changing tomorrow. They just aren't going to be building > anything else in Flash, and whether HTML5 or something else is the next > technology they use, it very likely won't be Flash. > > And there was rejoicing throughout the land. And there was feasting, with > breakfast cereals, and orangutans, and fruit bats, and... > > Rick > > On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 1:18 AM, Sylvain YVON <sylvain.y...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I wish they could drop every Flash component. There is such a global > rejection of the good old plugin that the requirement is becoming a > major issue. > > Thanks Doug. > > > > On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 9:49 AM, Jose Huerta <arsl...@theremedyforit.com> > wrote: >> What I heard???? HTML5??? >> >> >> Something is changing.... >> >> >> Jose Huerta >> theremedyforit.com >> >> El 17/10/2012, a las 19:33, Doug Blair <d...@blairing.com> escribió: >> >>> Hi! Kia is an engaging speaker and.... well... you should have been here. >>> >>> Here's something: talk SMACK to your customers! Social, Mobile, >>> Analytics, Cloud, Knowledge. Those the areas in which computing in general, >>> and applications in particular, will evolve over the next few years. >>> >>> Embrace "Genius Bar" and "Bring your own device". You should be able to >>> schedule an appointment with IT, just as you would with a barber or a >>> mechanic or physician. End users are much more tech-savvy than just a few >>> years ago. Consumerize the front end, manage the applications in the middle, >>> industrialize the back end. >>> >>> Innovations at BMC are NOT an accident. Here's Doug Mueller. I notice a >>> new title on Doug's slide: Corporate Architect. Nice! >>> >>> The world of IT is changing and we NEED to adapt to it. Not just running >>> the machinery, no longer just providing the services, but actively becoming >>> a partner with the business or enterprise. What you DO is IT, but your JOB >>> is better banking or retail or manufacturing. Too much of IT is focused on >>> the tools rather than on delivering the product of the company or >>> organization. >>> >>> Doug has admitted he does not have a smart phone. His phone is used for >>> (wait for it) phone calls! Attention span of a teenager is 140 characters. >>> This fundamentally changes the way you must interact. >>> >>> "Decision support" not "Reporting." Data != information. The same data >>> means different information to different people. More and more often what IT >>> does is one source of many, rather than a single channel to deliver a >>> service. How do we get the "IT" out of "ITIL?" Why is it not "BPIL?" >>> >>> Doug also gave us some insight into areas of improvement in coming >>> releases. New features will not be written using Flash - HTML5 instead. More >>> normalized data. More single source of truth. More emphasis on mobile >>> clients and consumer interface. >>> >>> There's more, but we cannot tell you about it.... (Seriously). Very cool. >>> You had to be here.... >>> >>> Doug >>> >>> -- >>> Doug Blair >>> +1 224-558-5462 >>> >>> Sent from my new iPad >>> Auto-corrected typos, misspellings and non-sequiturs are gratefully >>> attributed to Steve Jobs :-) >>> >>> _______________________________________________________________________________ >>> UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org >>> attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are" >> >> >> _______________________________________________________________________________ >> UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org >> attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are" > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are" > > > _attend WWRUG12 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ > > _attend WWRUG12 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are"