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Re:Twitter alerted employees all office buildings closed and... by NeverFade on Friday November 18, 2022 @08:37AM (#33654412)
> * “look, this thing runs fine on 20% of the staff*

Tech companies are growth-oriented companies. It doesn't matter if their current set of features "runs"; it's not the end of the story, it's only the beginning.

If the current featureset runs perfectly, but there is no R&D progress towards the next set of features to keep up with the competition, keep the current userbase onboard, and solicit the next generations of users: the company is dead.

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Re:Twitter alerted employees all office buildings closed and... by bjornsing on Friday November 18, 2022 @11:22AM (#33656986)
>> * “look, this thing runs fine on 20% of the staff*

The full quote read “look, this thing runs fine on 20% of the staff, and now that the 80% naysayers are gone we’re going to really get shit done”. “Get shit done” is essentially what you call R&D progress.

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