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Robert — (archived)

Well, maybe I really couldn't imagine. That first paragraph makes the ATC system look cutting-edge. "Stovepipes"...hate 'em.

The penetration of networking, and more importantly the networking mindset, is necessarily going to destroy stove pipes. Efficient nets need standardization and interoperability, and when you deal with a network you're motivated to get rid of the old heterogenous crap and buy pallets of standard interchangeable stuff just as soon as you can squeeze out the budget. All of a sudden, almost out of nowhere, spreadsheets appear demonstrating just how much that incompatible junk is costing the organization.

Sounds like the military systems are about to leapfrog civilian technology. The term "NetCentric" is kind of a sweet irony given that the Internet was originally a military/academic invention. That Net revolutionized the civilian world. That's kind of trite, but I mean specifically in the ways that are now about to revolutionize the military. Particularly, I get what you're saying about the power of an API. Out on the civilian Net business-to-business APIs like WebServices and SOAP are radically changing business organizations. In essence organizations themselves develop APIs, which reduces operational friction and fosters efficiency; and I think that's where you're going...or at least, where you ought to be going. That's a very powerful and, dare I say it, "transformative", use of technology.

Really cool. And "non-trivial"--good luck!

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