Noah Slater wrote:
On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 08:56:15PM +0700, Jason Smith wrote:
Come on, let's not make the common mistake of getting distracted with technology
for technology's sake. I would like to see a detailed use case for having a
standard CouchDB database available. What actual problem would this solve?
Talk like that is why there is never (let's be kind: "hardly") any
innovation on the Linux desktop.
I'm sorry, but this is bullshit.
Read this essay, and then come back and tell me I'm talking out of my arse:
http://inamidst.com/whits/2008/technobunkum
Yes, I'm fond of Spolsky's "Architecture Astronaut" essay myself, which
makes a similar point.
When you meet someone who wants to advocate the widespread
adoption of some piece of technology, without any thought whatsoever as to how
that technology will actually help people in some defined way, you have a pretty
good indication that you're dealing with technobunkum.
Hear, hear!
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Jason Smith
Proven Corporation
Bangkok, Thailand
http://www.proven-corporation.com
