RE: Service Programs VS normal Programs (Jon Paris)

> From: Joe Pluta
> 
> In any case, I certainly don't disparage innovation. I love it. I
> embrace it. But I also recognize it as a potentially disruptive force
in
> a production environment and that disruption must be weighed against
the
> good the change will provide.  That's all.

That being said, I will admit that there is such a thing as being TOO
worried about disruption, and that there will always be the need for the
innovators to push the rest of the field, whether that be in a small
shop or in our overall community.  What I see happen, though, is that
people simply want to do their own thing and not really share what
they've learned with the rest of group.

For example, my IAAI website is seeing no significant activity right
now. Nobody is offering any input, nobody is adding any insight.  It's
mostly me talking about benchmarks.  I hope that will change after I've
added the Java benchmarks this week and can start talking about
architectures.  But if you really want to see change in our community, I
think a good place to start would be to make a concerted effort to share
new ideas.  The IAAI was created for just that sort of sharing.

So please stop by and give us new ideas!

http://forums.plutabrothers.com/IAAI

Joe