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This article, at face value, asks why IT planners do not take into account advancements in technology when making assumptions about how they will do business in 5 years.

Almost never do people look at processor power or storage capabilities and cost trade-offs and decide, 'What does this mean to us in three to five years?

I think we fall into this same trap when considering our plans to, say for instance, ween ourselves from foreign energy supplies. The estimates made by the experts of our energy policies often reflect current capacities... like how much of our energy needs could be met by wind, solar, or geothermal investments.

And yet, every single day smart folks around the world invent new technologies, or improve current ones, that improve efficiencies and costs which taken together could help us reach our goals.

All I'm saying is that from now on, I'll be taking the prognostications of 'experts' in the current regime with a grain of salt when they try to tell us that we'll never be free of oil. (OK, so I already ignore them, but you could too.)

from Why are we ignoring Moore's Law? | IT Leadership | TechRepublic.com