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In article <101200003@datacube> dje@datacube.UUCP writes:
>"The Mythical Man-Month" (author forgotten) 

Fred Brooks, now at U. of N.C. at Chapel Hill.

>...outlines  the  design  of  the  IBM  360  OS.  The re-design widely
>missed all goals due to 'second system syndrome'.  
>The author's solution:  Design it right the first  time.   Then go on
>to new product.  

The conclusion I remember from the book is a bit different: don't
trust anyone building something for the first, or even second time.
Look for the greater-than-two-timers.  And if you do have to do something
for the first time, prototype, so the critical parts of the final version
really aren't your first.
-mark
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