"Ajax... is an approach that helps you transform clunky Web interfaces into interactive Ajax applications."
Couldn't have said it better myself...
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Congratulations for demonstrating a basic understanding of the fundamentals of the argument above and beyond the "imagine running a business on typewriters" rhetoric.
The point is that an entity being useful in and of itself proves nothing about its strategic value.
Again, you are missing the point
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The original poster's reasoning was that IT still has value because "Imagine a new startup that didn't have email and web access resorting to faxes, snail mail and the library for all its research."
Obviously IT has value in and of itself. The argument that opponents are trying to make is that IT does not have *strategic* value - in other words it is not a differentiator. *I am not saying I agree with this argument*. But just saying that having IT is better than having no IT at all does not prove that IT is a differentiator for companies and that it is strategic.
That was the point of my analogy to a company's use of a shipping service as a non-strategic decision. My point has nothing to do with how UPS or FedEx uses IT, i was just using shipping as an example of a non-strategic area for a business (the business itself, not FedEx or UPSs business).
According to the first poster's logic, since a company could not operate without a bathroom, a bathroom is of strategic value.
You are missing the point
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Not that I agree with the initial argument, but I believe the point is that it does not have *strategic* value.
For example a business does not try to get ahead by providing a better delivery service to its customers, it simply uses UPS or FedEx. That is to say, delivery or fulfillment has no strategic value, its not a differentiator in the marketplace.
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"Ajax... is an approach that helps you transform clunky Web interfaces into interactive Ajax applications."
Couldn't have said it better myself...
Congratulations for demonstrating a basic understanding of the fundamentals of the argument above and beyond the "imagine running a business on typewriters" rhetoric.
The point is that an entity being useful in and of itself proves nothing about its strategic value.
The original poster's reasoning was that IT still has value because "Imagine a new startup that didn't have email and web access resorting to faxes, snail mail and the library for all its research."
Obviously IT has value in and of itself. The argument that opponents are trying to make is that IT does not have *strategic* value - in other words it is not a differentiator. *I am not saying I agree with this argument*. But just saying that having IT is better than having no IT at all does not prove that IT is a differentiator for companies and that it is strategic.
That was the point of my analogy to a company's use of a shipping service as a non-strategic decision. My point has nothing to do with how UPS or FedEx uses IT, i was just using shipping as an example of a non-strategic area for a business (the business itself, not FedEx or UPSs business).
According to the first poster's logic, since a company could not operate without a bathroom, a bathroom is of strategic value.
Not that I agree with the initial argument, but I believe the point is that it does not have *strategic* value. For example a business does not try to get ahead by providing a better delivery service to its customers, it simply uses UPS or FedEx. That is to say, delivery or fulfillment has no strategic value, its not a differentiator in the marketplace.