It must be more than 25 years now that I have my drivers licence. If I compare the car I drive today, with my first Ford Taunus, I have to admit that lots of things have changed. Not just the type of car but the comfort (noice, suspension, ...), equipement (airco, GPS, handsfree ...) and performance (accelerations, maximum speed ...) are uncomparable. The evolution of many things have made my trips with the car much more comfortable, ... but NOT FASTER.
Actually recently the average speed indicated on my dashboard attracted my attention: 56km/h (this is the average speed since I started driving my current car 2 years ago) . I still remember when I returned my first leasing car with a "car computer" about 10 years ago: I could see that my average driving speed during the 140000K was 58km/h. So apparently, despite the whole evolution of the car technology, we are maybe getting more confortable to our destinations, but apparently not any faster.
Just imagine and compare the evolution of business application software. The screens for sure have much more colors, buttoms, effects, and possibilities, ... but imagine the average processing of business transactions taking as much time as 10 or 15 years ago. I think nobody would use the software. The software is designed to help you effectively and efficiently do the job, just like the car is designed to transport you from A to B. It is maybe not easy to blame the car manufacturer for the traffic jams, the congestion on the roads, the infrastructure ... On the other hand, business application vendors can not be blamed for the growing complexity in doing business and the demands for current realtime business community.
There are lots of things software business can learn from car manufacturers, ... but maybe this is a area where carmakers can learn from the software guys and think about how we can improve the average "speed" of transportation with cars.
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