Re: DC-X cost figures (was : Terminal Velocity of DCX?)

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From: Edward V. Wright
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 19:07

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In <BzB6LB.548.1@cs.cmu.edu> pgf@.cacs.usl.edu.cacs.usl.edu ("Phil G. Fraering") writes:

>Sooner or later someone is bound to try to use CAD/CAM and sophisticated
>materials to lower costs instead of to increace them.

The problem is, the same computer technology that allows you to
do CAD/CAM also allows you to run massive COBOL applications to
micromanage the entire project from Washington, DC.

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