“Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.”
Warren Buffett (although he attributed it to an unknown author, perhaps originating with Samuel Johnson).
What if I were to replace the word “habit” in the quote above with “OSS integration” or “OSS customisation” or “feature releases?”
The elegant quote reflects this image:
The chains of feature releases are light at t0. They’re much heavier at t0+100.
Like habits, if we could project forward and see the effects, would we allow destructive customisations to form in their infancy? The problem is that we don’t see them as destructive at infancy. We don’t see how they entangle.
Have you ever had an OSS or BSS project that’s impacted by poor data quality? The problem of data integrity gets raised on almost every
“One of my favorite things about designing software is designing the defaults. The defaults define the experience for everyone out of the box. And, therefore,
Have you ever been tasked with mapping out the processes for the telco you work for? Either as a way of documenting current state, or
In the last week alone, I’ve had two potent reminders that the world of OSS is simply (pun intended) too complex. This manifests in many
Here at Passionate About OSS, we are exactly that – Passionate About OSS (Operational Support Systems). We’re also passionate about BSS, NMS, or any other names you call the tools that help to operationalise your network.
