in my humble opinion. the study is very very poor : 1. what were the solutions used ? 2. what were the statistics ?
i would agree with the observations though on how to screw up oss implementations: 1. no proper technology transfer 2. loss in mgmt will 3. poor project mgmt - deduced from lack of documentation 4. no continuous improvement programs (cip) 5. environment impact assessment : how does it affect culture, people, processes, infrastructure, etc actually this is common for all technology implementations. the biggest fallacy is the belief that a software will solve a problem ! they forget that people solve problems, not machines ! well, at least not yet. machines are just dumb edp operators ! some machines cant even do simple plus and minus operations ! http://software.krimnet.com/web-browser/cpu-precision-bug-plus-minus-operation.htm try copy and paste this into a spreadsheet program : then view all decimal places : =161001.165-100000.009-60000.7-1000.456 On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Ghodmode <[email protected]> wrote: > Inspired by some of the statements made in a research study linked to in > the OSDCMY list (here <http://bit.ly/gl358Z>), I wrote a new article at my > blog entitled "End Your Addiction!". > > The study (PDF): MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES TECHNOLOGY APPROPRIATION: ANALYSIS > OF OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION FAILURE <http://bit.ly/fabMUb> > > When reading about "compatibility problems" as mentioned in the study, I > started thinking about users of proprietary software, their expectations and > their needs. I realized that there were a surprising number of similarities > between use of proprietary software and the use of addictive drugs. I wrote > my article based on that metaphor and it didn't fall apart. > > The article: End Your > Addiction!<http://www.ghodmode.com/blog/2011/04/end-your-addiction/> > > As always, if you want to comment on the article, please comment at my blog > rather than in the mailing list... it makes me feel good :) > > Thank you. > > -- > *Ghodmode* > http://www.ghodmode.com/blog > > -- > To unsubscribe from and detail about this group > http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information > > MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 and http://portal.mosc.my/ > -- To unsubscribe from and detail about this group http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 and http://portal.mosc.my/
