Comments on: SOA, laptops, and coffee http://blogs.gartner.com/thomas_otter/2008/11/02/soa-laptops-and-coffee/ A member of the Gartner Blog Network Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:52:14 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Christopher Otter http://blogs.gartner.com/thomas_otter/2008/11/02/soa-laptops-and-coffee/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Christopher Otter Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:50:45 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/thomas_otter/2008/11/02/soa-laptops-and-coffee/#comment-35 Happy Birthday (english) Gelukkig Verjaarsdag (afrikaans) halala ngosuko lokuzalwa (isizulu) mahlohonlo (sotho) imini enmandi (xhosa) 5 of our eight official languages aint bad! If anyone happens to read this, wish Thomas happy Birthday (6 Nov) in your country's official languages and be happy you don't have 11! Have a great day and I hope Oliver doesn't rub Birthday cake into your keyboard... Your Brother, Boet, Buthi, Bhugani Christopher Happy Birthday (english)
Gelukkig Verjaarsdag (afrikaans)
halala ngosuko lokuzalwa (isizulu)
mahlohonlo (sotho)
imini enmandi (xhosa)

5 of our eight official languages aint bad!
If anyone happens to read this, wish Thomas happy Birthday (6 Nov) in your country’s official languages and be happy you don’t have 11!

Have a great day and I hope Oliver doesn’t rub Birthday cake into your keyboard…

Your Brother, Boet, Buthi, Bhugani
Christopher

]]> By: Thomas Otter http://blogs.gartner.com/thomas_otter/2008/11/02/soa-laptops-and-coffee/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Thomas Otter Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:39:27 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/thomas_otter/2008/11/02/soa-laptops-and-coffee/#comment-31 Meg. Indeed. Software firms often talk recipe when customer want to see the menu. Meg.
Indeed. Software firms often talk recipe when customer want to see the menu.

]]> By: Meg Bear http://blogs.gartner.com/thomas_otter/2008/11/02/soa-laptops-and-coffee/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Meg Bear Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:00:44 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/thomas_otter/2008/11/02/soa-laptops-and-coffee/#comment-28 Amy, I was thinking of your laptop with that photo, didn't know there was a 2YO conspiracy out there. Guess they get together at mommy-and-me classes and decide how to keep us all on our toes. I do like the SOA analogy. I worry though, that HR people really shouldn't have to understand SOA. What they should understand is that technology providers are always looking for smarter (and more cost effective) ways to give them innovation and provide solutions to business problems. SOA just happens to be the smartest way to do that today. In other words, SOA is a means to an end, not the end itself. Amy, I was thinking of your laptop with that photo, didn’t know there was a 2YO conspiracy out there. Guess they get together at mommy-and-me classes and decide how to keep us all on our toes.

I do like the SOA analogy. I worry though, that HR people really shouldn’t have to understand SOA. What they should understand is that technology providers are always looking for smarter (and more cost effective) ways to give them innovation and provide solutions to business problems. SOA just happens to be the smartest way to do that today.

In other words, SOA is a means to an end, not the end itself.

]]> By: Amy Wilson http://blogs.gartner.com/thomas_otter/2008/11/02/soa-laptops-and-coffee/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Amy Wilson Sun, 02 Nov 2008 15:00:12 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/thomas_otter/2008/11/02/soa-laptops-and-coffee/#comment-25 That's an excellent analogy! I have to admit my laptop looks similar to the one above (ala my two year old) ... so I will continue to limp along until they find a way to create a desktop that comes in separate pieces but can still be hauled around an airport with ease. That’s an excellent analogy! I have to admit my laptop looks similar to the one above (ala my two year old) … so I will continue to limp along until they find a way to create a desktop that comes in separate pieces but can still be hauled around an airport with ease.

]]> By: Tom Raftery http://blogs.gartner.com/thomas_otter/2008/11/02/soa-laptops-and-coffee/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Tom Raftery Sun, 02 Nov 2008 12:33:06 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/thomas_otter/2008/11/02/soa-laptops-and-coffee/#comment-24 Hey Thomas, thanks for using my photo - I never thought my 2 yr old would feature in a post about SOA!!! My new MacBook Pro with the UniBody will hopefully prove more robust but I will be watching him carefully, just in case! Hey Thomas,

thanks for using my photo – I never thought my 2 yr old would feature in a post about SOA!!!

My new MacBook Pro with the UniBody will hopefully prove more robust but I will be watching him carefully, just in case!

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