David,
Excellent reminder of the way complexity
has grown over the years. Facebook, which appears rather simple to a user
(because it HAS to look simple or it won’t get users) is a great example. In
the hullabaloo leading up to the IPO, I heard Zuckerman say that they have 500
engineers working away at the software. I also know of an insurance company
that has 275 engineers whose only job is database security!
As I mentioned one email below to John
Bottoms, the way of technology development for small businesses now is to
develop patents for the conceptual part of the technology, and then provide
reference designs for a variety of applications that can be built on top of the
reference design. That offers even small technology developers a way to create
new technology and not sell their souls for a little VC or angel money.
Thanks for the comments!
-Rich
Sincerely,
Rich Cooper
EnglishLogicKernel.com
Rich AT EnglishLogicKernel DOT com
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Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012
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Subject: Re: [ontolog-forum] Self Interest Ontology
John -
On May 30, 2012, at 2:22 PM, John Bottoms wrote:
7. Time, how long will it take, do the parties have that much time?
Way back in the early '80s when were we coming to the end of green
fields systems (e.g. pretty much all the big, important, necessary functions
had been automated at least once), it was observed that it took a minimum of 4
years to do a serious system... & most organizations simply did not have
the attention span... sponsors change, markets change, technology fashion
shifts, etc.
Thirty years later, things are far, far more complex—mainframe,
midrange, client/server, web, Mobile coming,
etc. These additional layers of complexity—each with their own twists on
language, jargon, slang, organization, taxonomy, etc.—do not make for moving
quickly.
Plus, management's attention span is well under 3 years. If I'm
on the upward bound management track & something isn't going to punch my
ticket in less than 3 years, it's not going to happen.
Just how does ontology fit into that equation?
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