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From: vnend%a.ecc.engr.uky.CSNET@RELAY.CS.NET (D. V. W. James)
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Subject: Re: The Impact of Inventions
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Date: Mon, 29-Jun-87 18:59:34 EDT
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Les Hammer writes:

> The best people to decide what the impact of anything will be are
> those people who know most about it.

	Without agreeing with the original comment, I would like to 
disagree with Mr. Hammer.  I'm sure we've all seen or at least heard of 
projects which were continued long after they should have been scrapped,
merely because they were someone's 'pet.'  Quite frequently the people 
closest to a project are the ones LEAST suited to decide about it's
merits.

          Vnend