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Subject:Re: List Changes & Administrative Nightmare From:Arlen P Walker <Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 4 Aug 1999 09:59:00 -0500
>To try to anticipate and codify every issue which might come up
>if this list moves to a paid subscription basis would indeed result in an
>administrative nightmare. Each individual stipulation would bring up half a
>dozen "yes but's" to be resolved and regulated in turn. Stipulations do
>that. Before you knew it you'd have created a bureaucracy.
This *is* a day for my quote file:
"Simple, clear purpose and principles give rise to complex, intelligent
behavior. Complex rules and regulations give rise to simple, stupid
behavior."
Dee Hock -- CEO, VISA.
Have fun,
Arlen
Chief Managing Director In Charge, Department of Redundancy Department
DNRC 224
Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- Com
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