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- From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
- Subject: Re: fast-track failures
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 21:55:25 GMT
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- In <1992Dec28.172113.26071@ke4zv.uucp> gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman) writes:
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- >How many billions have you got? It takes almost no time at all to add
- >zeros to a check. Engineers can spend money faster than a woman with
- >a gold card in Saks if you let them.
-
- Well, there are engineers and engineers.
-
- Suffice it to say that Kelly Johnson probably in the SR-71 for less
- than your DoD-approved methods would budget for development of an
- electric toothbrush.
-
- The difference is, he spent most of the money on engineering, rather
- than paperwork.
-
-