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  • From: mdthomas AT mindspring.com
  • To: InterNetWorkers <internetworkers AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Personalization -- opinions?
  • Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 21:45:31 -0500




>I expect that once you generate
>a proper matrix you can approach
>those that understand the funding
>of a project and manage their
>expectations a bit better.

I'm more interested in "personalization"
with a little "p" and how the space
is being defined. Unlike broadcast
media like television, the Internet
is primed to provide personalization.
(In contrast, TV will probably always
be way better at live video with
mass appeal, even with all the benefits
of optical networking.)

The questions I'm interested in:

Does personalization matter? (Just
b/c we can do it doesn't mean that
it is worthwhile.)

Who are the companies that are the
recognized leaders in personalization,
and how are they defining it?

Is there an open source personalization
answer that trumps all of them -- i.e.,
what can you do with PHP3 in this space?

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At it's best, popular business software
creates an enabling business language
which has some effect on the practice
of the business itself. E.g., SAS.

If people are proudly putting the name of
a technology on their resume, then the
technology is winning the mindshare battle,
and has probably crossed or is about
to cross a crucial tipping theory
threshold. And for better or worse, the
company is going to be a major player
in the space and in the business, mainly
b/c the company is going to train
business (and technology) people on the
paradigm that the software embodies.

At it's worst, business software is just
a way to throw money away on a company
that isn't going to help you and will
be bankrupt before implementation is
complete -- all the more reason to
understand tipping theory.

Business software (HR, financials, etc.)
has traditionally been the turf of the
big money, suit-and-tie tech. companies.
I'm interested to see if open source
will have an answer for this at an
enterprise level... i.e., are we going
to see freeSAP, freePeopleSoft, etc.?

Afterall, the real value is in the
paradigm, not the code.


>Throwing out names of personalization
>platforms is pretty silly unless you
>weight them with financial and timeline
>requirements.

I'm actually not making a personalization
decision, more of a simple mindshare survey...





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