Comments on: Think Small: Appropriate Technology for the Enterprise http://blog.b2banalysts.com/2009/06/24/think-small-appropriate-technology-for-the-enterprise/ Radical views on the enterprise application industry Sat, 11 Dec 2010 20:27:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: appropedia http://blog.b2banalysts.com/2009/06/24/think-small-appropriate-technology-for-the-enterprise/#comment-160 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:27:00 +0000 http://blog.b2banalysts.com/?p=135#comment-160 “In this day and age, you’re better off figuring out small, local solutions to specific problems–and accepting the costs associated with that–than you are buying a large, global solution, that supposedly offers economies of scale, but never delivers them.”

Yes and no. There’s much to be said for figuring out an excellent solution and replicating it, through the market. This is partly why mobile phones hae taken off more than improved stoves and solar stoves.

“Think small. Look for small improvements. Buy small apps to make the small improvements. Don’t buy more than you need; assume that light apps that do less are the way to go.” A good approach to design & living.

A page you might like: http://www.appropedia.org/Lightweight_Linux_software – and browse the site, it may interest you.

Chris for Appropedia.org

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