Re: Rewriting SSA. Is This A Chance For GNU/Linux?

rbowman wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

On Sat, 5 Apr 2025 04:31:22 -0400, c186282 wrote:
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   "Rope" was interesting because it was used in the NASA lunar lander
   vehicle. Basically cores on loose wire, and I think SPACING was
   important. Why the hell did they use that in 1969 ? Because, the way
   things work, the govt SPECS for the vehicle probably went out the
   door before JFK even finished his moon speech.
   That's where the e-tech was frozen for all intents.

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The specification document for projects like that takes years to write
with fights over every paragraph, including whether it should be vii., 7.,
G., or g.. There is so much ego involvement and politics that when it is
finalized that is what shall be done, even if problems are recognized as
the project actually gets underway.
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That leads to the F-35, Zumwalt class destroyers, and both varieties of
the LCS.

Endless online meetings
Turf wars
Requirements creep
Scope creep
Going in a different direction

And then there's the krufty online tool for filling in modeling information and
generating a bigass document from it. Mercifully I have forgotten the name.

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