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Re:Maintainers make the world go round: Innovation is an ove... by Animats on Monday May 08, 2017 @08:28PM (#14296802)
There used to be major US companies that were really into maintenance, and pverbuilding for low maintenance. The Bell System. The Pennsylvania Railroad (the Standard Railroad of the World). The King Ranch (the King Ranch line was "we don't fix fence, we build fence.") Teletype Corporation. IBM. Xerox.

There's something to be said for that.

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