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From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 20:28:06 -0500
From: nrsinowitz () att net Lauren,Several decades ago Bell Labs started a critical project called BIS (Business Unformation Systems) in which the development of several major subsystems were to be outsourced. I remember hearing a talk at the time by Doug McIlroy in which he
said: "Any system built without in-house talent produces out-house results."Norm
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