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The Stepford Wives
In the two movies based on Ira Levin's 1975 novel, the Stepford wives are beautiful, compliant, passive and utterly devoted to their men — and they're androids. Any woman discovering their secret will be destroyed, and a perfect model created in their place.
IT moral
It's normal to admire this or that technology, but essential to retain objectivity when deciding on key components of IT strategy. Fashion, fanhood and philosophies have their place, but if an idea that seems to conflict with your idea of beauty really has something to offer, don't kill it or twist it to fit your preconceptions. Also, never let a muppet rebuild your system.
Talkback
No list of androids would be complete without Marvin, the Paranoid Android. The maniacally depressed but hyper intelligent creation of the late Douglas Adams, in the ever popular Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, Radio Series, Books, TV Series, Computer Game and more recently, Film.
Lesson for IT. No matter how good the technology, if you get the user interface wrong, its full potential will never be realised as the users will reject the system as unworkable. Instead they will go and find a cup of tea.
If you are so inclined you could do a series of Android "lessons" based on Star Trek episodes!
The first Android episode I thought of was the Harvey Mudd episode where the con-man has a planet full of "Barbie" doll androids to keep him company.
Another one was where the "Barbie" dolls (another group of them) come and steal Spock's brain to run their planet-spaceship.
Good series! :