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The Economist Tackles Complexity in IT
yfnET writes "In recent weeks, The Economist has run a number of articles addressing the ever-increasing complexity of software systems. The magazine, with typical Economist wisdom, casts an eye towards past human endeavors for lessons on how today's IT industry can succeed in dealing with complexity. As part of last month's extensive survey of information technology (see Related Items sidebar), the magazine offers insight on the limits of real-world metaphors, the perils of managing a rat's nest of obsolescent systems, and the need for 'disappearing' technology. And hitting newsstands just today is an overview of development models for increasingly large and unwieldy software projects. Among other things, this article compares the open source model to Microsoft's efforts using a quasi-open license. It also describes the 'agile' programming movement and its potential to keep even the most gigantic of projects under control."
That would only depress wages in the nursing field, not to mention lower the quality of nursing care, which itself makes up the bulk of medical care.
We'd end up turning LPN and RN degrees into nursing aides (also called CNA, computer geeks, don't confuse that with certified novell admins). I don't even care to speculate how that would influence other areas of the medical industry, I'd sound like a paranoid freak.