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What If Yoda Ran IBM?
Esther Schindler writes to mention that one IT leader who came from big business found himself in quite another world when he transitioned into a smaller business, specifically with respect to the amount of attention from their vendors. He presents an amusing approach with a familiar twist. "Not only are the IBMs of the world leaving money on the table, they're also risking future sales. The IT leaders at small organizations will in many cases be employed by larger organizations someday. Why alienate them? Vendors could engage IT leaders in small organizations now and build brand loyalty. How could they make such a business model work? Let's imagine (with apologies to George Lucas) what Yoda might do if he were running a large consultancy."
What if Darth Vader was the President? Oh wait..
Libertarian Leaning Political Discussion Forum.
In computer programming, if the task is broken down properly, just about anything can be accomplished in less than fifteen functions. If the code base requires any more than that then there are a few things getting in the way: cruft and delay. Cruft is built in the hardware standards which allow you to move the right variables in the less than fifteen functions. Delay is built in to the hardware capabilities and how that information is controlled throughout the vendors. Cruft and delay are profitable.
If the federal government adhered to the ninth and tenth amendments then the actions of the federal government would be limited to international negotiations and bureaucratic housekeeping. By limiting their actions in this Constitutional way they have no excuse to dig in our pockets for more money. In this scenario it is reasonable to have the president placed in office with a vote of an electoral college. If the government were properly limited his position is to look over the proceedings of other great men beneath him performing international negotiations and bureaucratic housekeeping.
Political cruft and decay is the software tax you pay.
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