And I would agree with you, Ken. :)
*ASB **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker>* **Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for the SMB market…*** On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 9:41 PM, Ken Schaefer <k...@adopenstatic.com> wrote: > If you go back to the source, it’s supposed to be a phrase used entirely > for changing scientific views of our universe, but since then has become a > debased phrase that can mean whatever you want it to mean:**** > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradigm_shift**** > > ** ** > > Would letting blind people see be a scientific breakthrough? A medical > miracle? Or a paradigm shift? I’d call the technology that enables this one > of the former two. If society’s views subsequently change (e.g. on the > capabilities or ability of blind people to engage with sighted society), > that might be a paradigm shift.**** > > ** ** > > Cheers**** > > Ken**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@live.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, 23 April 2013 11:16 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Color me skeptical**** > > ** ** > > Personally I question what a "paradigm shift" would be considered to be. > I would then look at that is being proposed as such a thing. Most of > the truly accurate "futurist" were not associated with a company selling > hardware or software. They were academics and entertainers. Look at what > Rodenberry saw when he invented Star Trek.... (Yeah I know maybe not a good > choice but he did see things in his vision that we now have maybe due > to that vision) He was looking not at what was or what was possible but > what he saw as the future. Like many others of his ink he was able to see > true "paradigm shifts" even if he was not going to be a part of inventing > them. In my mind Jobs is and will forever be the king of salesmanship. He > convinced people that what he was selling was better, faster, more cool, > than anything in the market, despite the fact that others had made it > before him. He was also not above allowing others to make claims that were > patently false (Apple OS/iOS can't get bugs). Later once he had his market > up and running when he knew his time on that statement was running out made > sure his marketing people did not make that claim but would quietly say it > was possible for it to get bugs. Google would not be in business except > for companies like Microsoft and Yahoo. Microsoft itself was only able to > get going due to the inventor of an earlier OS not really being interested > in business, well that and having family in the right place at the right > time. > > A paradigm shift would be something everyone could benefit from or helps > those in special niche markets get equal to those in the larger market. If > Google glass were to be able to allow the blind to see then that to me > would be a paradigm shift. > > Jon **** > ------------------------------ > > From: k...@adopenstatic.com > To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com > Subject: RE: Color me skeptical > Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:03:33 +0000**** > > I’d argue that Google’s way of searching was/is sufficiently different to > the competition (Alta Vista anyone) to be considered some kind of shift.** > ** > > **** > > If you’re going to say that Google didn’t revolutionise search because > they didn’t invent it, then arguably there’s been nothing revolutionised > for hundreds of years (which I think we both agree is false). It may be > just that we disagree on the degree of change required to call something a > ‘paradigm shift’, but I’d argue that Google Search, and the concept of > giving people “gigabytes” of “free” storage for Gmail were both game > changers that propelled those two products from challengers to dominance.* > *** > > **** > > Cheers**** > > Ken**** > > **** > > *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com <asbz...@gmail.com>] > *Sent:* Tuesday, 23 April 2013 3:17 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Color me skeptical**** > > **** > > *>>** They hit paydirt with "search, don't sort" and "sell > user data/advertising to others, not services to users". ***** > > **** > > But that wasn't a paradigm shift. They didn't invent search, and they > didn't invent selling advertising, and they didn't invent the freemium > concept or the concept where the user is the product.**** > > **** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
