10-21-2005, 05:05 AM
Occhidiangela,Oct 21 2005, 08:03 AM Wrote:OcchiYes, I was more interested in the generics of system leverage rather than the specific (political) instances she was (claiming) using for illustration.
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I've seen it now applied in three different levels to software engineering alone:
- The running software system
- The (business) process that the software is part of
- The development process
It also put an interesting light on a couple of political policies that have been suggested over here
1) Increase the minimum wage (Actual objective, for low paid workers to earn more).
Effect of increasing minimum wage, decreases business competitiveness of those industries relying on low paid workers, means loss of jobs, means increase in no-paid ( :P ) workers
1alternative) Increase govt. transfer to low paid workers. Businesses stay competitive, and govt forced to find alternative programmes to cut, (or increase debt, or taxes)
2) Scotland is currently trying to promote itself to the world as a good place to work / invest. However 52% of Scottish GDP is from the public sector (in some regions up to 75%) which is not a good sign of a place that wants private entrepreneurialism...
2alternative) Rather than increasing the advertising budget, change the system.
Anyway, I don't like her point zero. I like to cling to the hope of an absolute truth and to have 'one hammer that fits all screws' ;) Paradoxes make my head hurt.