On 11/25/13 9:09 AM, wrote:
> How many here worked on the project? So far, only Kurt Cagle.
>
> It's ironic to see a list where the calling card is data design drop
> into the same mode of armchair quarterbacking as the talking heads on CNN.
I'm less concerned about the armchair quarterbacking - which is likely
endless - and more about the collateral damage from the armchairs. Or
the quarterbacking. Hmm... neither of those really work, but maybe you
know what I mean.
I came into work today to find an "XML in the news" thread on this very
article, started by folks I didn't expect in a place I wasn't expecting
it. Whatever the underlying story, I suspect we'll be dealing with the
reverberations from this for a while.
> IOW, without the ICDs, RFPs and architectural design documents, or first
> hand experience any analysis is dubious. On the other hand given the
> preference given in procurements to web-based systems, it will be very
> useful to know technically precisely what went wrong.
Yes, it would be useful. I'm not sure it's possible to know through the
politics, but yes.
> I am reminded of the launch of Vanguard followed very quickly by the
> successful launch of the Redstone. I suspect these events have much in
> common culturally and technically, but having not been there, it is a
> surface comparison.
Here's hoping!
Thanks,
--
Simon St.Laurent
http://simonstl.com/
