Now imagine that we did not give any preference (we used default like ‘Cost’) and the execution plan is not matching with the source. To give you an e.g. say the user wrote a sub-query. As per our engine, we translate sub-queries into joins. (One good thing about these features is that even ‘rookie’ code gets translated to a workable solution) The execution plan automatically changes. We can tell the engine to use another preference forcibly, but sometimes it’s better to leave it as is.

As software becomes more and more layered, we distance ourselves from the core. Now every software that comes out will have to indicate, how much ‘reverence’ can we expect from it. A higher figure would indicate more loyalty and a lower figure would indicate that the machine is calling the shots. This ‘R’ factor would be printed on the shrink-wrapped or downloadable version of the software, so you know what you can expect out of that well thought buy of yesterday.

You may be thinking that the ‘R’ factor would be less prevalent in ‘AI’ kind of software. In fact it may just be the opposite. An ‘AI’ engine will automatically adjust to the reverence that you are seeking, so much so that you will feel the comfort (a placebo, at least) But mind you, the intervention of ‘AI’ algorithm is

Now imagine that we did not give any preference (we used default like ‘Cost’) and the execution plan is not matching with the source. To give you an e.g. say the user wrote a sub-query. As per our engine, we translate sub-queries into joins. (One good thing about these features is that even ‘rookie’ code gets translated to a workable solution) The execution plan automatically changes. We can tell the engine to use another preference forcibly, but sometimes it’s better to leave it as is.

As software becomes more and more layered, we distance ourselves from the core. Now every software that comes out will have to indicate, how much ‘reverence’ can we expect from it. A higher figure would indicate more loyalty and a lower figure would indicate that the machine is calling the shots. This ‘R’ factor would be printed on the shrink-wrapped or downloadable version of the software, so you know what you can expect out of that well thought buy of yesterday.

You may be thinking that the ‘R’ factor would be less prevalent in ‘AI’ kind of software. In fact it may just be the opposite. An ‘AI’ engine will automatically adjust to the reverence that you are seeking, so much so that you will feel the comfort (a placebo, at least) But mind you, the intervention of ‘AI’ algorithm is

As software becomes more and more layered, we distance ourselves from the core. Now every software that comes out will have to indicate, how much ‘reverence’ can we expect from it. A higher figure would indicate more loyalty and a lower figure would indicate that the machine is calling the shots. This ‘R’ factor would be printed on the shrink-wrapped or downloadable version of the software, so you know what you can expect out of that well thought buy of yesterday.

You may be thinking that the ‘R’ factor would be less prevalent in ‘AI’ kind of software. In fact it may just be the opposite. An ‘AI’ engine will automatically adjust to the reverence that you are seeking, so much so that you will feel the comfort (a placebo, at least) But mind you, the intervention of ‘AI’ algorithm is

You may be thinking that the ‘R’ factor would be less prevalent in ‘AI’ kind of software. In fact it may just be the opposite. An ‘AI’ engine will automatically adjust to the reverence that you are seeking, so much so that you will feel the comfort (a placebo, at least) But mind you, the intervention of ‘AI’ algorithm is strictly a ‘Meta’ ‘R’ factor, because it is simulated. This Meta ‘R’ factor would indicate the extent to which an AI engine would go to achieve compliance with our needs.

Like we have TPC benchmarks, the above said factors would be rated along with, if I may add one more factor, say ‘Safety’ or the ‘S’ factor. This would be a measure of how vulnerable it is to external sabotage. A question in your mind may be ‘This is a part of OS’, to which I answer, the OS is just one another piece of software which will have it’s own ratings. Applications / Databases/ Utilities or what have you, are also vulnerable. An example : take Windows XP, its ‘R’ factor may be say 92%, the ‘Meta’ ‘R’ factor would be ‘2%’ and ‘Safety’ ’S’ factor would be ‘14%’. Remember these are just assumed figures. But these numbers would give us a good idea about what we are stepping into unknowingly.

The concept of ‘HAL’ the mission computer in ‘2001 A Space Odyssey’, would be better understood, if we had these factors before launching it and the crew into a no man’s territory (space., at least for now) We don’t trust computers that pop’s up a list of those who developed the software on the press of a combinatory key (Easter Eggs) or comes packaged with certain instructions that make the unknown user’s experience a trip to remember.

Me as a user would like to have 100% of the software that I bought. Maybe, I don’t need the source code, if I’m a non technical end user. But then I guess the prices also have to come down, because I’ve not opted for this. Yes you are right – SOA is my bet. The afore-mentioned factors also give me a double assurance that this software is the best bang for the buck.

Remember ‘Customer is King’, and as I have read in the history lessons in school :- we bow down before a King, in reverence.