RE: Thrashing (was: info center search. III.)

Jeff,

It sounds like you're raising the 'free-market competition' versus
'centralized control' issue here.  There are many times when I get
discouraged by the "thrashing" you reference.  But then I remember
Winston Churchill's quote about democracy, "It has been said that
democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that
have been tried."  For the most part, I believe that the development of
technology is well served by the free market.

The centralized control needs to be exercised by individual
organizations as they purchase products.  Those of us who implement
technology can be our own worst enemies when we follow the bleeding edge
too closely.  Some need to follow the trends for competitive reasons,
but for everyone else I believe that we're better off holding back a
little.  It comes down to implementing a strategic vision at the
management level within IT organizations.

My thoughts,
Regards,
Andy Nolen-Parkhouse

> Subject: Thrashing (was: info center search. III.)
>
> How many of you think we're "thrashing"?  And I don't mean in regards
to
> info center, I mean IT in general.  How many new things are we asked
to
> learn because they're the Next Big Thing and then are discarded 6 mos
> later?  How many business issues don't get handled because we just
> discovered a better way to do it, so we're going to wait until we take
> that training course next month and then do it?  Where is the happy
> medium?
>
> --
> Jeff Crosby