The Pentagon wars
by James G. Burton · first published 1993
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Great question, I've taken some of these books down to read later. I was fascinated by The Pentagon Wars [0]. Arguably US Military is one of the biggest bureaucracies that spends tons of money on R&D projects. Apart from describing the issues with the projects themselves, the author describes how structuring…
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on “Logical fallacies in software engineering” ↗…clones, while purging mavericks, is tantamount to incest. We all know the possible long-term effect of generations of incest - feeblemindedness, debilitation, and insanity. -- Colonel James G Burton, The Pentagon Wars (1992)
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