Wouter van Ooijen wrote:
> OTOH the doghouses argument is often overrated. Software projects that
> try to build something that (on aspects of content and scale) was
> succesfully done before generally succeed. The trouble is that we get
> bigger computers every year, so a software project is likely to try
> something that has not been done before. When you build the first
> scyscraper or 1km suspension bridge all you can do is hire expierienced
> doghouse builders...

Reminds me of Putt's Law - directly or indirectly related to the 
statement "When you attempt something that's never been done before, 
failure due to incompetence is indistinguishable from failure because 
the task was impossible."  Corollaries and consequences are endless.
-- 
Timothy J. Weber
http://timothyweber.org
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