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The era of vast productivity gains is over
When a business went from no computers to having computers it had a massive boost in productivity. No changes since have been comparable to that boost. Everything done since is "fiddling". That is why I take advertising campaigns like "upgrade from xxx to yyy and drive costs down" with a huge pinch of salt.

More productivity gains will not come until there is another paradigm shift similar to that in the 'no computers' -> 'computers' event. So in that respect, your Mac Plus comparison tells us what should be obvious - that nothing has really changed.

Will the 'net and SOA be the new way? I don't know, but it seems to be the only thing on the horizon.
Posted by: bportlock   Posted on: 07/19/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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The era of vast productivity gains is over  bportlock | 07/19/07
I agree and further more...  nmh | 07/19/07
There is something in what you say  bportlock | 07/19/07
An insightful question  nmh | 07/19/07
The distraction factor is significant  bportlock | 07/19/07
Spot on (NT)  nmh | 07/19/07
The loss in business productivity...  Anton Philidor | 07/19/07
Possibly the most perceptive and accurate comment you've ever posted  bportlock | 07/20/07
In theory yes, in practice no.,  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 07/19/07
Not Excel, Yes...  Erik Engbrecht | 07/20/07
The question is Why?  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 07/19/07
Service Oriented Architecture  Erik Engbrecht | 07/19/07
The answer is simple  bportlock | 07/19/07
Further simplification  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/20/07
That's odd  rapson | 07/19/07
Conflicting on pocket computers, not on Sun Rays  Erik Engbrecht | 07/19/07
Better take another look at that iphone  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 07/19/07
Thanks for agreeing  Erik Engbrecht | 07/20/07
Your comparison is invalid  bportlock | 07/19/07
Wrong  Erik Engbrecht | 07/19/07
Ummmmm...... not completely.  bportlock | 07/19/07
Home Experience  Erik Engbrecht | 07/19/07
Re: Erik  bportlock | 07/19/07
Hard drives?  Mark Miller | 07/19/07
Come on,  jtmodel | 07/19/07
Gates' take.  slopoke | 07/19/07
You nailed it!  bportlock | 07/19/07
Actually, there is one exception...  bportlock | 07/19/07
Does a web browser count?  Erik Engbrecht | 07/19/07
Same mechanism, more users.  Anton Philidor | 07/20/07
So you're argument is...  Erik Engbrecht | 07/19/07
Why sidetracked?  Erik Engbrecht | 07/19/07
Productivity at the cost of innovation  jshaw4343 | 07/19/07
Innovation? what innovation?  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 07/19/07
Spreadsheets, GUIs, and multimedia  Mark Miller | 07/20/07
Relational databases  bportlock | 07/20/07
What's productivity?  Anton Philidor | 07/19/07
In terms of economics  Mark Miller | 07/20/07
Not just same employee more output  Ross44 | 07/21/07

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