Re:Interesting point (Score 1)

I think the problem lies in the fact that computing software and hardware has basically solved the processing needs of most businesses from a computational perspective. Spreadsheets, word processing, and encrypting information are all most businesses really want that are computational problems rather than information storage and retrieval. The tougher problems like business process scheduling, supply line management, financial planning, etc. have yet to be truly automated because these are *gosh* very tough problems that generally seem to require some expert knowledge and are not even close to trivial to solve. If you [i]do[/i] have such software, you're likely a very large company. No small business can afford that kind of specialized software yet. However, if you give MS Office and Windows to most small-medium businesses they're pretty much set. IT for business has never been so much about processing information as much as storing and retrieving it in a predictable and reliable manner. Look at the job listings for DBAs and web developers (with SQL/DBA experience required) compared to the number of desktop application coders. Now look at how many of them are for full-time positions rather than contract / temp positions. So where is most information processing really done that's beyond trivial now? By the original business-oriented computers: people.