tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5975524006824862804.post4371525377932636510..comments2024-02-10T02:23:08.475-08:00Comments on Paul's Pontifications: New Software Technology: Blockage On LinePaul Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07353083601285449293noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5975524006824862804.post-52585230704495909022009-01-19T10:54:00.000-08:002009-01-19T10:54:00.000-08:00I think this is such a brilliant article i think y...I think this is such a brilliant article i think you completely summed it up beautifully "And this is true in every company. Every company has a few eccentric engineers who try to explain why this or that new technology would be a great investment. Sometimes they are even right. But they are almost never taken seriously. And so great technologies that could actually save the world a great deal of money on software development (not to mention improve quality a lot as well) languish on the shelf." <BR/><BR/>I completely agree, in every company, employees should be taken more seriously and have more significance. I think it would give companies more opportunity to grow. <BR/><BR/>An additional reason why employees are not taken seriously, because they are looked at as if every investment they want the company to make, they are doing it to "make there lives easier" i think companies should take a different approach towards employees and there thoughts. <BR/><BR/>-DannyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5975524006824862804.post-39874311577390335892008-02-04T14:24:00.000-08:002008-02-04T14:24:00.000-08:00Sorry about the late comment, but I couldn't resis...Sorry about the late comment, but I couldn't resist. (:<BR/><BR/>"Now Ulf Wiger is a well known proponent of Erlang, so the uncharitable might suspect some degree of bias and selective reporting."<BR/><BR/>I just thought I'd point out that back in 1997, I wasn't a well-known proponent of Erlang. In fact, I hadn't published anything in favour of Erlang before. So at the very least, I didn't have an entrenched position to defend.<BR/><BR/>The conclusions in that paper where discussed and agreed upon with colleagues who were not, by any measure, Erlang proponents. This is not to say that it makes the message more "correct", but at least it wasn't just the biased opinion of a known Erlang fanatic - that would be a revisionist view.<BR/><BR/>Now, 11 years later, I've certainly been branded an Erlang fanatic. I guess I'll have to live with that. I can think of worse things to be associated with. (:<BR/><BR/>I liked the article. Big companies are by their nature conservative. I think we often have unrealistic expectations regarding the time it takes for ideas to gain acceptance.Ulf Wigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14415790008413375634noreply@blogger.com