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{{a|design|}}If you can [[Automated|automate]] something, you can’t monetise it. You automate, therefore, as a ''defensive'' strategy: because everyone else is automating, and if you don’t, your unit cost is higher. | {{a|design|}}If you can [[Automated|automate]] something, you can’t monetise it. You automate, therefore, as a ''defensive'' strategy: because everyone else is automating, and if you don’t, your unit cost is higher. | ||
This plays to a pet theory of the [[JC]]’s: [[the quotidian is a utility, not an asset]]. If you believe you have [[intellectual property]] in your [[boilerplate]], you will waste precious resource defending an articulation of common knowledge.<ref>You didn’t ''invent'' the “[[rights cumulative]]” clause, now, did you?</ref>You will, accordingly, misprice that asset, and you may be disappointed in how much people will be prepared to pay for it. | This plays to a pet theory of the [[JC]]’s: [[the quotidian is a utility, not an asset]]. If you believe you have [[intellectual property]] in your [[boilerplate]], you will waste precious resource defending an articulation of common knowledge.<ref>You didn’t ''invent'' the “[[rights cumulative]]” clause, now, did you?</ref> You will, accordingly, misprice that asset, and you may be disappointed in how much people will be prepared to pay for it. | ||
Not much. | Not much. | ||
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So: yes, standardise and automate by all means, but don’t expect it to lead to lasting revenue, or even cost savings and expect that you will need to monitor the interface between your closed logical system and the dirty, intractable world, like a hawk. | So: yes, standardise and automate by all means, but don’t expect it to lead to lasting revenue, or even cost savings and expect that you will need to monitor the interface between your closed logical system and the dirty, intractable world, like a hawk. | ||
{{sa}} | {{sa}} | ||
*[[Secret | *[[Secret sauce]] | ||
*[[Proprietary information]] | *[[Proprietary information]] | ||
*[[Artificial intelligence]] | *[[Artificial intelligence]] | ||
{{ref}} | {{ref}} | ||