The New York Times reports on GE and #8217;s and #8216;paring back and #8217; of its flagship Predix platform. Oil IT Journal editor Neil McNaughton reflects on GE and #8217;s hopes and disappointments, unpicking the flaws in GE and #8217;s push to be and #8216;a top ten software company and #8217; by 2020. These include some exaggeration of the and #8216;bigness and #8217; of big data that will likely impact other similarly oversold ventures.