>Interchangable parts doesn't mean interoperability. The guns you refer to >were interchangeable only as far as the same model/manufacturer.
It was the first step. Before then each individual rifle was a unique item. Then the benefits of uniformity within a plant were discovered. Then uniformity across plants and some amount of uniformity across models. Of course too much uniformity can cause problems too. Farmers are susceptible to plagues when crops are too uniform and computers are susceptible to viruses when software is too uniform. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
