You're right! And then we can make a one-size-fits-all Retail Bank program that every bank will use. And a one-size-fits-all Policy Administration System for insurance companies. Once we've solved those problems we can move on to a one-size-fits-all Dispatch system for every company that has employees in the field.
Then we can wake up and realize that there's a reason why this hasn't happened in the last 50 years. Any system can accommodate maybe 80% of a particular niche's needs. But I'll be damned if you can get business users to agree on that final 20%. One says "black", the other says "white" and then you have some oddball that says, "potato."
And then there's the whole continent of minefields in regard to disparate devices, patents, trademarks, proprietary system interfaces, etc.
If you do take this on, best of luck to you - but don't quit your day job.
Linux is open source... Office Libre... Go convince a public office to switch to Ubuntu..
Saving money is often at the bottom of their focus.. and then you have competing interests releasing figures that show it is more costly to switch to free alternatives.
Public spending is a corrupt cycle.
Yes, First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
Sorry, I know it's trite, but there's some truth there. Being ignored for years is not necessarily a reason not to do something. In some cases it's the very best reason to do it.
[EDIT] - would those people down-voting please explain why?
Maybe it could be started by a person who works (or worked) at the dispatch center, and is also a programmer (there must be at-least one of those in the world too).
The point is that NYC laughing/ignoring/fighting you is not a good enough reason not to start. (and who's to say that NYC would do any of those things, given the current state of affairs)
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-03/25/ubuntu-china
As a proof of concept goes, the world's most populous country is pretty good.