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To: JohnM who wrote (21748)	6/22/2006 4:55:25 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) of 543686

it's more what is it possible to do and would doing it advance the cause a bit without hurting other things. You and I are so different. I'm reminded me of a transaction I had with SI Bob about they "incremental" way he made changes to SI and the consequences of that. (Actually, "incremental" isn't the right word for the notion I'm fostering. "Incremental" implies steps in a larger plan. What I mean is really more "nibbles" than "increments.") He replied that he wouldn't do the work he does if he had to work in a software shop that demanded planning, modeling, staging, testing, etc., all that stuff that underpins effectiveness and professionalism. He sees that mode as not fun. Cost effectiveness would apply in a fairly controllable situation: a bureaucracy strikes me as the best example. That wasn't the right term, either. "Efficiency" is more the idea. I can't abide "Chinese fire drills." I value the disorder of markets because markets are inherently rational. But in public policy we lack that rational touch stone so disorder is very inefficient.

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