I used to work for a telecom equipment manufacturer. We built a custom product that was the pet project of some general, and because they made a mistake in the specs, it was useless. They paid us and stuck the useless equipment in a warehouse somewhere.
From: Rory Conaway Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2016 10:20 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT - Govt still using 8 inch floppies I’ve learned a lot about how the defense industry works and it’s amazing the waste. For example, Washington people will schedule useless or too many trips to warm parts of the country, usually on Fridays so they can then spend the weekend there. Phoenix and San Diego are favorite spots for that. Rory From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of That One Guy /sarcasm Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2016 8:08 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT - Govt still using 8 inch floppies If it aint broke, dont fix it On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 10:07 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: You lose either way. If they develop a new system people will say it's too expensive and has too many cost overruns. On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 10:59 AM, Rory Conaway <[email protected]> wrote: This is just mismanagement on the part of the Pentagon. Unless some general can steer a contract to a big defense contractor just as they are retiring so they can take a job with said contractor, nobody is going to stick their neck out and propose a new system. -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
