Who wants to have a thought exercise where we can see where we end up. In early wood frame constrution, joins were done with things like friction dovetails and Pegs.
Along comes the next techology - metal. Look at the new thing - Nails. Lets use them to join our wood. Metal technology changes --- and we get Screws. An everybody rejoices at the wonderful new uses. Parallels are glue and its family But wait, how do we join metals --- oh yeah... metal pegs (rivets)... Pegs can still work, and look at this new Bolt thing. With parallels called welding. ------------------------------------- NOW --- Everybody step back from your current comfort zone. Be it mainframe or server. On-siteor Cloud. And we want to 'DO' something using computers. What I believe is that any technology can be beaten into shape to perform the task with enough effort and time. The problems start when humans get involved. ALL humans have a bias to use what they find easiest and know best. Put two or more groups of these to the task and you will get many many designs... all of them using the tools the designer knows best. Then you have to "pick a winner" and go with that. The decision may be based on categories totally outside the technology arguements (like budgets or legal requirements or the manager going out to lunch with a sales rep). Time passes and new technologies come along... New thoughts on how to accoimplish the task... With everyone arguing that "My" way is the best for an entire list of reasons that "I" view as important. The wars start when what "I" think is important is not what "You" think is important. This can degrade into personal attacks and calling the competitor degrading names. ----- Now for the thought exercise: IF we apply this view to all of the newsgroups, web articles, sales materials and water cooler chats. Can you find reasons why Tasks don't get done and are always being redone? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
