Issue 73, Building Enterprise Systems

"Excuse me, but I am in the middle of fifteen things, all of them annoying"
Susan Ivanova, Babylon 5

"Get the cheese to sickbay"
B'Elanna Torres, Starship Voyager

"What did y'all order a dead guy for?"
Jayne Cobb, Firefly

"There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened"
Douglas Adams

"That don't impress me much!"
Shania Twain, Come on over

"Stop the pigeon! Stop that pigeon now!"
Sheriff of Nottingham, Sherwood Forest, The Adventures of Robin Hood

Trying new technology is always cool. However, 'because it would be cool' is not a sound basis for electing to use a technology on a project. Technology should always be selected on its merits; what advantages/disadvantages are there in using a particular technology. To put it another way; what risk does a specific technology introduce/mitigate in a project?

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