Comments on: How true… http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/16/how-true/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:40:35 -0500 hourly 1 By: Sreenivasa Madenahally http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/16/how-true/comment-page-1/#comment-622424 Sreenivasa Madenahally Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:16:59 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/16/how-true/#comment-622424 It is not really quite true, iPod and Google only searches or plays/views already created data, where as, typical enterprise applications handle data capture/entry. When Google or Apple builds typical OLTP systems their screens won't be much different from the third one that the cartoon depicts! Just try register for Google mail, reality will bite you immediately, you will see a registration form which is similar to the third picture. The complexity of typical data cpaturing screens is a necessary evil, screens haven't changed much from mainframe-era and Apple or Google don't have any silver bullets for it! It is not really quite true, iPod and Google only searches or plays/views already created data, where as, typical enterprise applications handle data capture/entry.

When Google or Apple builds typical OLTP systems their screens won’t be much different from the third one that the cartoon depicts! Just try register for Google mail, reality will bite you immediately, you will see a registration form which is similar to the third picture.

The complexity of typical data cpaturing screens is a necessary evil, screens haven’t changed much from mainframe-era and Apple or Google don’t have any silver bullets for it!

]]> By: asahishimbun http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/16/how-true/comment-page-1/#comment-616897 asahishimbun Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:10:41 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/16/how-true/#comment-616897 Yep. Siebel CRM I'm looking at you. Yep. Siebel CRM I’m looking at you.

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