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December 28, 2005
Creating a renaissance in enterprise software in 2006
David Heinemeier Hansson predicts that in 2006
Enterprise will follow legacy to become a common insult among software creators and users.Enterprise software vendors' costs will continue to rise while the quality of their software continues to drop. There will be a revolt by the people who use the software (they want simple, slim, easy to use tools) against the people who buy the software (they want a fat feature list that's dressed to impress).
In a way this is a self-serving prediction, as David and 37signals are certainly doing their part to make it happen. But who'd argue with Peter Drucker?
Why not expand this same renaissance beyond the 37signal products (though I'm sure they'd love every enterprise to dump BigCo software for Basecamp or Backpack), by adopting the 37signals philosophy of product development and teamwork.
I'd love to create my own "Getting Real/Building of Basecamp" experience where I work. I think I'll make that one of my goals for 2006.
Posted by pete at December 28, 2005 3:38 PM