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  1. Newsgroups: sci.space
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!wupost!udel!rochester!cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu!roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov
  3. From: roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov (John Roberts)
  4. Subject: Re: Overhead
  5. Message-ID: <Bzqurn.M1z.1@cs.cmu.edu>
  6. X-Added: Forwarded by Space Digest
  7. Sender: news+@cs.cmu.edu
  8. Organization: National Institute of Standards and Technology formerly National Bureau of Standards
  9. Original-Sender: isu@VACATION.VENARI.CS.CMU.EDU
  10. Distribution: sci
  11. Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 03:23:11 GMT
  12. Approved: bboard-news_gateway
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  15.  
  16. -From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
  17. -Subject: Re: fast-track failures
  18. -Date: 23 Dec 92 23:06:47 GMT
  19. -Organization: Engineering, CONVEX Computer Corp., Richardson, Tx., USA
  20.  
  21. -In <1992Dec20.192544.2996@ke4zv.uucp> gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman) writes:
  22. ->Today's overhead is horrible, but $100,000 1940s dollars is only about
  23. ->$2 million 1992 dollarettes.... That's about 20 engineers in a Motel 6 
  24. ->for six months, no machine shops, hangers, mechanics, flight test equipment, 
  25. ->nada.
  26.  
  27. -You think a typical engineer earns $100,000 a year?
  28.  
  29. You're assuming 100% overhead on the engineers' salaries? That may be a 
  30. trifle low.  (I believe the allowance for overhead varies from company to 
  31. company.)
  32.  
  33. On the other hand, overhead of a Motel 6 might be less than that of an
  34. engineering facility. :-)
  35.  
  36. John Roberts
  37. roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov
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