On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 2:45 AM, D Chudnov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...at the risk of upsetting *everybody*...
It's a bit depressive that once we get an interesting discussion going
on this list which normally has such low volume, and which is
*definitely* on-topic, someone comes along and
edsu++
over-categorization--
--
Earache Moron
Let's try the litmus test for enterprisey business bullshit : porridge ;
Recommendations for Users
* Look for a sustainable community that has a critical mass of skills
supporting porridge.
* Look for a cultural match between the porridge community and
your internal developers and user
: Alexander Johannesen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 1:37 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Gartner on OSS
Let's try the litmus test for enterprisey business bullshit : porridge ;
Recommendations for Users
* Look
On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 7:51 PM, K.G. Schneider [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sorry, Alexander, I disagree.
What, is that allowed!? :)
Gartner may sound creaky but under the starchy
language, this is pretty revolutionary advice.
I can't agree with the revolutionary advice part; business leaders,
: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Gartner on OSS
Let's try the litmus test for enterprisey business bullshit : porridge ;
Recommendations for Users
* Look for a sustainable community that has a critical mass of skills
supporting porridge.
* Look for a cultural match between
But that fact leads me to the thought that perhaps Gartner isn't as
revolutionary as one might think.
Revolutionary *for Gartner* -- and therefore important in that sense, for
the people whose opinions are shaped by the Gartner Weltanschauung. These
people aren't reading NGC4LIB. (Um, neither
On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 1:17 PM, K.G. Schneider [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If you think of Gartner (as I do) as a kind of IT-for-squares company...
useful information on some issues, hilariously tone-deaf on others (though
in a way that can be extremely useful if you're trying to decipher how
