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Story: Government unveils cut-price ID card

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Not so long ago scientists and all actually believed that smoking was good for you. The cause for all that was sponsored misinformation (self-interested commercial lobbying) and it took decades and many lives to rewrite the history books on that subject.

Today we have rows of decision makers that actually believe the PR FUD thrown at them by various technical institutions. And neither have real accountability for the consequences of their actions.

Excuse me for having some reservations about this brave new world that most IT clueless decision makers seem to invision.

One size fits all doesn't work. And what also doesn't work is the consessions made afterwards in the hope to fit as much as possible in the still present 'one size fits all' mindset.

The simple truth is: if you can't manage diversity then redo from scratch. There are only two constants in IT: damage and change (in all ways). Master those two first and IT becomes easy. Don't and you can expect a world of hurt usually translated in business talk like: learning curves, start problems, unforseen events and... oops.

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