Re: Single vs many solution(s) (LONG reply)

Ross,

Ross Callon wrote:
> 
> If we look at some examples from history, there is a very clear trend
> that progressing two or slightly more approaches works out okay. Bad
> approaches go away because they don't work well when deployed (for
> example, scaling might be difficult, or stability might be lacking).
> Trying to pick one winner in a heavily politicized large group just
> doesn't work. Committees aren't very good at figuring out where there
> are going to be problems.
Agree. 
Alas the "bad" approaches may only go away after resources have been
invested in
them. Some say, not to worry, this benefits vendors, but I'm not so sure
about this. Perhaps that's the way things have been and will be ...
 
> I apologize that this message is quite long. However, to make a good
> choice in this area it is important to understand a bit of history, and so
> I have written down some historical examples below (there are more).
Thanks for taking the time to put some of the issues here in
perspective.

Regards,
Cheng-Yin