Simon Allen

Hertfordshire UK

Voice n Stuff

I agree with the article 100%
I agree with the replies thus far.

Nothing is gonna change anytime soon.

The myth of DP/IT efficiency has been around since it was invented and the Boards/MDs like the glitz. True - they don't like the reality but they manage to look the other way.

They like the ability to dumb down staff and get everything done by buttons. Why?

1) It makes more money - on paper.
2) It saves the bosses from having t know anything about the biz. They can just pretend to know.

The small companies that use modern IT sensibly? Few and fare between but they will make progress.

My guess is that the ones who will see IT in it's place and not reply upon it too heavily are, now, about five years old. So, give them time.

That is because IT is so very, very young. Just think about how long it took the Telegraph and Telephone to mature into biz?

So, I shall not see this in my life time.