Comments on: let the middleware wars begin http://gapingvoid.com/2005/04/28/let-the-middleware-wars-begin/ "cartoons drawn on the back of business cards" Wed, 23 May 2012 20:07:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: j's scratchpad http://gapingvoid.com/2005/04/28/let-the-middleware-wars-begin/#comment-5535 j's scratchpad Fri, 29 Apr 2005 07:45:39 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1428#comment-5535 <strong>A Comic for Those of Us with Funky Job Titles</strong> Caution: The comic uses profanity. A Comic for Those of Us with Funky Job Titles

Caution: The comic uses profanity.

]]> By: Ulrich Hobelmann http://gapingvoid.com/2005/04/28/let-the-middleware-wars-begin/#comment-5533 Ulrich Hobelmann Thu, 28 Apr 2005 23:47:25 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1428#comment-5533 I love this cartoon :) I love this cartoon :)

]]> By: ludo http://gapingvoid.com/2005/04/28/let-the-middleware-wars-begin/#comment-5532 ludo Thu, 28 Apr 2005 23:22:05 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1428#comment-5532 It's especially boring after the tenth or so presentation where a clueless sales type is repeating the same things as the other nine before him. It’s especially boring after the tenth or so presentation where a clueless sales type is repeating the same things as the other nine before him.

]]> By: sig http://gapingvoid.com/2005/04/28/let-the-middleware-wars-begin/#comment-5531 sig Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:54:24 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1428#comment-5531 Ludo, spot on, middleware is more than boooring, I happen to think it's a waste as well. That's why I say "chuck it". Thom, you're so right, once in a while technology lead cultural changes, sometimes it does the opposite. Enterprise software cements status quo in everybodys working environment. And that is.. ehh... awful, or at least not-so-good. Let the culturalist lead on and demand less cement so real change can take place! Ludo, spot on, middleware is more than boooring, I happen to think it’s a waste as well. That’s why I say “chuck it”.
Thom, you’re so right, once in a while technology lead cultural changes, sometimes it does the opposite. Enterprise software cements status quo in everybodys working environment. And that is.. ehh… awful, or at least not-so-good. Let the culturalist lead on and demand less cement so real change can take place!

]]> By: ludo http://gapingvoid.com/2005/04/28/let-the-middleware-wars-begin/#comment-5530 ludo Thu, 28 Apr 2005 20:55:57 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1428#comment-5530 Well, you can always start drawing network diagrams on the back of business cards during meetings... :) Well, you can always start drawing network diagrams on the back of business cards during meetings… :)

]]> By: hugh macleod http://gapingvoid.com/2005/04/28/let-the-middleware-wars-begin/#comment-5529 hugh macleod Thu, 28 Apr 2005 20:53:32 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1428#comment-5529 Ludo, you think Middleware is boring? You should try the advertising business ;-) Ludo, you think Middleware is boring? You should try the advertising business ;-)

]]> By: ludo http://gapingvoid.com/2005/04/28/let-the-middleware-wars-begin/#comment-5528 ludo Thu, 28 Apr 2005 20:41:22 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1428#comment-5528 Starting a new career that has to do with middleware? Wow I don't envy you, as I find it one of the most appallingly boring topics in Enterprise IT. But if you do, middleware is old, the buzzword for the past few months has been "orchestration". Starting a new career that has to do with middleware? Wow I don’t envy you, as I find it one of the most appallingly boring topics in Enterprise IT. But if you do, middleware is old, the buzzword for the past few months has been “orchestration”.

]]> By: Thom Lawrence http://gapingvoid.com/2005/04/28/let-the-middleware-wars-begin/#comment-5534 Thom Lawrence Thu, 28 Apr 2005 20:24:06 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1428#comment-5534 <strong>Middlewhuh?</strong> Middlewhuh?

]]> By: Thom Lawrence http://gapingvoid.com/2005/04/28/let-the-middleware-wars-begin/#comment-5527 Thom Lawrence Thu, 28 Apr 2005 20:12:12 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1428#comment-5527 This is, more or less, the central theme of all software development best-practice since time began. Procedures, Modules, Objects, Components, Services... MacGuffins of all sorts have yet to resemble the silver bullet you're after. All of these tools are just to defend against uncertainty and change. But it's not really a product you can sell. You can't have your cake made out of completely incompatible ingredients, sprinkle on magic middleware dust and eat it. Infrastructure has to be a first class citizen in your business, right from the start. People _know_ how to build these systems. People are already building them. It's just a matter of commitment and stamina. Technologists versus culturalists again? This is, more or less, the central theme of all software development best-practice since time began. Procedures, Modules, Objects, Components, Services… MacGuffins of all sorts have yet to resemble the silver bullet you’re after. All of these tools are just to defend against uncertainty and change.
But it’s not really a product you can sell. You can’t have your cake made out of completely incompatible ingredients, sprinkle on magic middleware dust and eat it.
Infrastructure has to be a first class citizen in your business, right from the start. People _know_ how to build these systems. People are already building them. It’s just a matter of commitment and stamina.
Technologists versus culturalists again?

]]> By: Chris Garrett http://gapingvoid.com/2005/04/28/let-the-middleware-wars-begin/#comment-5526 Chris Garrett Thu, 28 Apr 2005 20:09:46 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1428#comment-5526 If only life was as simple as the "shouldn't it work like this?" doodles we draw on napkins (or back of business cards) ;O) If only life was as simple as the “shouldn’t it work like this?” doodles we draw on napkins (or back of business cards) ;O)

]]> By: david parmet http://gapingvoid.com/2005/04/28/let-the-middleware-wars-begin/#comment-5525 david parmet Thu, 28 Apr 2005 19:26:18 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1428#comment-5525 ugh... I've spent the better part of my so-called career in PR trying to get away from conversations about middleware, software and any other sort of -ware. ugh… I’ve spent the better part of my so-called career in PR trying to get away from conversations about middleware, software and any other sort of –ware.

]]> By: hugh macleod http://gapingvoid.com/2005/04/28/let-the-middleware-wars-begin/#comment-5524 hugh macleod Thu, 28 Apr 2005 19:22:09 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1428#comment-5524 Yeah, Gregor, when my work changes, so does what I write about. Go figure ;-) Yeah, Gregor, when my work changes, so does what I write about. Go figure ;-)

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