A single consistent solution is never the answer when 90% of our pain stems from communication breakdowns. How would you like it if I only spoke to you with a single ideal in one monotone voice – good or bad?

Some people choose to live with their pain until Microsoft (or some other large entity) proves without a doubt a new methodology works.

Others choose to be more proactive about it and seek options and experiment with them in different situations.

It is the latter of the two groups that invent the new ways of solving problems and are quicker to solve pain points. In the end, it is more cost effective to fail 10 times and come to a solution quicker than to pay the cost of pain for numerous years because you are fearful of change.

This reminds me of the the phrase “opinionated software” coined by the Rails community. The idea is that developers are going to choose one solution, and good or bad, it’s what everyone must use. The end result is more often good, because it keeps things simple and allows everyone to move on and concentrate on more interesting problems.