To See Ourselves As Others See Us

Holmes, Neville (2002) To See Ourselves As Others See Us. Computer, 35 (1). 144, 142-143. ISSN 0018-9162

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Abstract

This essay outlines boom and bust cycles in the computing industry, looks at the way PCs were adopted in govenment and business and how this has led to grotesque computing projects that typically fail, deplores the abandoning of simplicity as a design objective, and sees in all this good reason for reforming the computing profession.

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Additional Information:	This essay has been more formally published as essay 4.3 in the author's book "Computers and People" (Wiley, 2006). This material is presented to ensure timely dissemination of scholarly and technical work. Copyright and all rights therein are retained by authors or by other copyright holders. All persons copying this information are expected to adhere to the terms and constraints invoked by each author's copyright. In most cases, these works may not be reposted without the explicit permission of the copyright holder. Copyright 2002 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or to reuse any copyrighted component of this work in other works must be obtained from the IEEE.
Keywords:	computing projects, PC adoption, commercial applications, business applications, program simplicity, computing profession
Subjects:	350000 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services > 350200 Business and Management > 350202 Business Information Systems (incl. Data Processing) 280000 Information, Computing and Communication Sciences > 280100 Information Systems > 280112 Information Systems Development Methodologies 280000 Information, Computing and Communication Sciences > 280100 Information Systems > 280102 Information Systems Management
ID Code:	1684
Deposited By:	Mr Neville Holmes
Deposited On:	27 Aug 2007
Last Modified:	09 Jan 2008 02:30
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