Interoperability -- A Modest Proposal

According to David Prawel, of LongView Advisors, who spoke at the recent COE 2007 show, the lack of interoperability costs the big manufacturers more than the total valuation of the CAD companies. One executive joked to Prawel that they should buy the CAD companies and fix the problem.

Prawel also called the firing of the Airbus CEO in the wake of the Airbus project delay "a good thing." It brings the issue of interoperability to the highest level of management.

Also, 30% of people can't perceive 3D on a flat screen

Even more disturbing, though off the subject:

• 1/3 of high school graduates will never read another book after graduation
• 42% of college graduates will never read another book
• 80% of households haven't read a book in the last year

Comments

[Steven Thomas]

Cool, the ideas are sticking when the CAD execs start parroting our arguments. Even in jest, it means they have been thinking about it.

[Heather K]

Wow - so I wonder who all these people are in Borders when I'm there on the weekend? It's always packed - maybe they just read parts of books standing up and leave them on the shelf.

[Evan Yares]

OK... this brings to mind a rather basic question -- one that is on the subject: What are the root causes of the interoperability problem?

[Bill Fane]

Heck, I've read two books in the last 4 weeks. Okay, so I was doing the technical edit on the next release of two of ralphg's books...

[Bryan Duffel]

Thats a terribly frightening set of statistics. Not to cast doubt or anything, but where did you find those numbers?

[ralphg]

Just books? Or all sources of reading material. I read 1-2 hours each day a variety of material on the internet, from technology to general news to speciality subjects.

There's e-books, lenthy emails, blogs -- there's much more than books out there.

And so I don't read too many books anymore. (This coming from someone who makes part of his livelihood from writing and typesetting books.)