TPSM-12: 80/20 Point · We all spend time looking for that tasty milestone where we’ve done twenty percent of the work and are enjoying eighty percent of the benefit. Some technologies have this 80/20 feel, some don’t, and around this subject swirl some of our most vituperative debates. The 80/20 Tribe’s offerings are denounced as “Just a toy!”, while they hurl back accusations of pedantry, big-system disease, and so on. Should we be listening with special care to the arguments of one side or another as we try to predict technology futures? ...
