“Call rewrite!” That’s what they said in the olden days on movie sets when the script needed doctoring. It’s also what the technology industry metaphorically does about every 10 years. We rewrite much of what we’ve been relying on for information processing because the accumulation of new technologies over the previous decade has made our current batch of gear and applications uncompetitive and relatively expensive. So say Larry Ellison, Marc Benioff and many others. So the cycle begins again, though when exactly is a tricky thing.
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The 10-Year Itch
Posted by: Denis Pombriant December 22, 2010 05:00 AM“Call rewrite!” That’s what they said in the olden days on movie sets when the script needed doctoring. It’s also what the technology industry metaphorically does about every 10 years. We rewrite much of what we’ve been relying on for information processing because the accumulation of new technologies over the previous decade has made our current batch of gear and applications uncompetitive and relatively expensive. So say Larry Ellison, Marc Benioff and many others. So the cycle begins again, though when exactly is a tricky thing.