Comments on: What is Emergent Software? http://www.infovark.com/2007/11/06/what-is-emergent-software/ Digging the world of Enterprise 2.0 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:12:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: infovark » People are Relevancy Engines http://www.infovark.com/2007/11/06/what-is-emergent-software/#comment-12 infovark » People are Relevancy Engines Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:25:25 +0000 http://www.infovark.com/2007/11/06/what-is-emergent-software/#comment-12 [...] I mentioned in a previous post about emergence, one of the main problems with enterprise software today is that it is built for the way computers [...] [...] I mentioned in a previous post about emergence, one of the main problems with enterprise software today is that it is built for the way computers [...]

]]> By: Fat Bum http://www.infovark.com/2007/11/06/what-is-emergent-software/#comment-11 Fat Bum Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:01:51 +0000 http://www.infovark.com/2007/11/06/what-is-emergent-software/#comment-11 If I had a blog i'd respond there. But I don't. "To write emergent software, you have to shift your focus from the user interacting with the machine to people interacting with other people." Which is both obvious and a luxury that can only be afforded once the user is comfortable with the machine. I wish you guys well, but you are not at the forefront of anything. You are in the same position as everyone else. Either a little bit ahead of the user or right on time. Either way, your contribution will need to be exeptional... If I had a blog i’d respond there. But I don’t.

“To write emergent software, you have to shift your focus from the user interacting with the machine to people interacting with other people.”

Which is both obvious and a luxury that can only be afforded once the user is comfortable with the machine. I wish you guys well, but you are not at the forefront of anything. You are in the same position as everyone else. Either a little bit ahead of the user or right on time. Either way, your contribution will need to be exeptional…

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