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A beautiful inverse metaphor for the practical value of Enterprise Architecture and Governance.
Put another way, a perfect example of the __absence__ of Enterprise Architecture.
Today's analogy: Every user/department - deciding to have their own dedicated/different application. No reuse. No governance. Also, point-to-point integration strategies, tight coupling, and single points of failure.
A telephone tower in Stockholm, Sweden, 1890. The tower served 5,500 subscribers. Each subscriber had their own dedicated cable.
