Thursday, September 22, 2005

Wouldn't it be Nice

I'm not a Beach Boy's fan but wouldn't it be nice if, for instance, when going through a supplier engagement process for, let's say, a new search engine, incorporating the latest fad, Enterprise Search, you had all the documentation to hand regarding all the systems implemented which included some form of search mechanism. This might just help you decide whether "any term" searching or "all term" is either relevant or is actually not important. Ask yourself a question, do you really know the difference. Where does Boolean searching fit in, if at all. Does Boolean searching actually mean AND, OR, NOT or is it more as Java defines it i.e. true or false??

Does ANYBODY know how to convince people that implementing EA will solve these difficulties? Does anybody know how to present EA in such a light so as to make it EASY TO UNDERSTAND for the un-initiated!!!

OK, rant over.