[THIN] Re: [OT]:RE: Re: Win2k SP4
- From: "Braebaum, Neil" <Neil.Braebaum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 14:46:59 +0100
I honestly think you'd benefit from re-reading what I wrote, before replying
in a rather knee-jerk manner.
You are still considering this in black-and-white, or
Microsoft-or-opensource terms.
Business (largely) cares little about such things.
Again, I'd advocate - take a step back, and actually consider why and what
it is that *business* gets out of IT. For some, it's a necessary evil, for
some it's process reengineering, for some leverage, for some competitive
advantage, for some - necessary to stay afloat, for some the ability to
expand, and for some the ability to react. For some, it's core business, for
others, merely a means to an end.
Business tend to want to know that IT is going to do for them, and what it's
going to cost. That's the bottom line. They are in it, to make money, and
when it's not core business, it's there to facilitate core business.
Stability and security, may be important factors - but apart from specialist
fields, don't tend to be core business reasons for the use of IT. The core
business reasons tend to be what is it going to do for them, and what is it
going to cost.
Business decisions will have countless factors that go into this very basic
criteria - cost (revenue and capital), suitability, risk, flexibility,
accountability, and support.
To mitigate this, businesses will take a wholly holistic look at the costs
and attributes of technology. And they will also take advice, and views on
the general trends from industry watchers.
It is the acceptance and understanding of the true value of IT to business,
that an IT professional will see beyond personal preferences, allegiances,
and biases, to truly understand how the service fits into business.
Ignorance or rejection of this, blind advocacy and market polarisation is a
likely path to obsolescence. Nothing is more constant, than change, in this
industry.
As to your reply to my post, if you can actually demonstrate to management,
that the solution (whatever it happens to be) is cost-effective, fits the
needs, and is flexible for future developments, you'll likely have a winner.
Neil
-----Original Message-----
From: Magnus [mailto:magnus@xxxxxxxx]
Sent: 03 July 2003 13:27
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: [OT]:RE: Re: Win2k SP4
If 2 products do the same thing (business wise like email) and one is more
stable and secure than other which one would you buy, and for that fact
which one woule management sign off on?
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Braebaum, Neil
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 4:39 AM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Re: [OT]:RE: Re: Win2k SP4
This debate has raged for years and years, and will continue to with
polarised zealots on either side.
Each of which, normally misses the most significant point.
Businesses *don't* buy software (as a generalisation) on *technical* merit.
Business buy software to help them perform business.
You may deride the presence of beancounters in the arena of product choice,
but consider, for a second, *why* it is that business buy software.
Once technical bods like ourselves, take a step back and look at the big
picture, of how the use of software fits into business, rather than looking
through rose-coloured spectacles at technical excellence, things will make a
whole deal more sense.
Meanwhile, normal service will resume, and technical forums will continue to
have emotive and incessant discussions on product advocacy, and *still*
completely miss the point...
This has been a scheduled break in your normal viewing... as you were.
Neil
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