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Re: [ontology-summit] [Ontology Application Framework] Revised Strawman

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From: "John F. Sowa" <sowa@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 09:05:33 -0500
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Anders,    (01)

We're very much in agreement.    (02)

> Tooling is a major problem yes, the primary one-im not so sure about.    (03)

That's fine.  I'm not going to quibble over the distinction between
'major' and 'primary'.    (04)

> I do blame us, the technologist, for complicating things that
> could be of benefit for business people.    (05)

I agree.    (06)

> And I do blame business people for letting us getting away with it.
> Maybe its "learned helplessness" in play.    (07)

Another term is "lack of curiosity".  People repeat what worked
for them in the past, and most of them don't expect anything better
-- especially from people who don't understand their business.    (08)

John    (09)

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