The Devil's Guide to iT™ » cost http://devilsguidetoit.com making iT simpler Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:10:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 paying the price of multiplication http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/paying-the-price-of-multiplication/ http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/paying-the-price-of-multiplication/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:45:25 +0000 oldnick http://devilsguidetoit.com/?p=6169 The developers’ dream of “write once, run anywhere” is getting ever harder to achieve, instead of simpler. Because key hardware and manufacturers are increasingly reverting to the prehistoric, proprietary platform mentality of a bygone age that [...]]]> The developers’ dream of “write once, run anywhere” is getting ever harder to achieve, instead of simpler. Because key hardware and manufacturers are increasingly reverting to the prehistoric, proprietary platform mentality of a bygone age that blatantly disregards the interests of their partners in the iT . Leaving everyone with a stark choice: pay the additional and complexity of developing , or constrain the usability of business applications? If anyone tells you that their will run on anything, they either have very deep pockets, or very shallow product. :twisted:

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]]> http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/paying-the-price-of-multiplication/feed/ 0 vendor driven churn during hard times http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/red-sky-at-night/ http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/red-sky-at-night/#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:18:13 +0000 oldnick http://devilsguidetoit.com/?p=5401 When times are tough iT purchasers reduce their spending, by cancelling or postponing investments until the economic climate improves. A simple survival strategy for those who use and buy iT but a portent of doom for those who make, sell and run iT. However, when the flow of new sales dries up, iT vendors [...]]]> When times are tough iT purchasers reduce their spending, by cancelling or postponing investments until the economic climate improves. A simple survival strategy for those who use and buy iT but a portent of doom for those who make, sell and run iT. However, when the flow of new sales dries up, iT vendors have a powerful tool in their armoury – they can stimulate their turgid revenue streams by setting a ‘sunset’ date: withdrawing support for older products, squeezing their installed userbase of customers into spending money in hard times. :twisted:

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]]> http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/red-sky-at-night/feed/ 0 Sunset dates keep the iT world moving forward http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/sunset-dates-keep-the-it-world-moving-forward/ http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/sunset-dates-keep-the-it-world-moving-forward/#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:16:56 +0000 oldnick http://devilsguidetoit.com/?p=5466 Reality: users are forced to spend money when they can least afford it

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]]> http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/sunset-dates-keep-the-it-world-moving-forward/feed/ 0 hard-coding will be a problem http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/hard-coding-will-be-a-problem/ http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/hard-coding-will-be-a-problem/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:50:33 +0000 oldnick http://devilsguidetoit.com/?p=4161 Watch out for any integration that depends on hard-coded changes – these will have to be re-applied any number of times in the future. Often a significant, hidden legacy – or inbuilt obsolescence that blocks your future roadmap.

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