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Ask HN: Did IT matter?
In 2003 there was a Harvard Business Review article by Nicholas Carr titled "IT Doesn’t Matter". It argued that companies had greatly overestimated the strategic value of IT, which was providing a diminishing competitive advantage and was becoming just another commodity, like electricity.
At the time it seemed like it was hugely controversial and ruffled a lot of feathers.
Was there any fallout from that article in the industry? To what extent was it correct, and to what extent was it nonsense?
- antocv 10y agoThe idea is new to me now, but looking back from what Ive seen the last 7-8 years, especially since ycombinator and "startups" becoming hot everywhere, and everyone and their dog starting a startup, the outcome is, candycrush like games for the masses. Easy fun, just look at reddit, it was a place of discussion, now its a place where people take a shit together. While real problem domains remain unsolved and have diminished in development, such as healthcare.
- mtmail 10y agoFull text of 'IT Doesn't Matter" http://www.roughtype.com/?p=644 http://www.roughtype.com/?p=644 List of reactions compiled by the author http://www.nicholascarr.com/?page_id=99 http://www.nicholascarr.com/?page_id=99