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From: gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn <gwyn>)
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Subject: Re: Whither the gurus (windy reply)
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Date: Tue, 12-Mar-85 12:23:13 EST
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Part of the problem is putting MBAs in charge of technical projects.
There also seems to be a prevalent managerial attitude that corporate
profitability is not due to having good products at reasonable prices
but to fooling the customer into buying whatever you can slap together..