Productivity?

One of the biggest issues in IT, and it is not simply a cost argument, is that of productivity, how important it is, why it is important, the business pressures, the pounds and dollars, and how we should always strive for it.

So, what is happening? Well, under current conditions it appears that we are moving backwards from 4GL's through to 3GL, and more likely, 2GL levels of productivity.

(But I could be wrong, I was once)