Re: But it's still gone [OT] Re: [FT] Robot workers

--- devans@uneb.edu wrote:
> 
...
> Ah, the blessed warm fuzzies of that word:
> authorized.
> 
> Ergo, Admiral Hopper's aphorism on the preference to
> asking forgiveness
> over seeking permission.
> 
> Natch, more than a few of us here probably assume
> your department DID make
> up a dozen or so the first time, and charged the set
> up fee anyway. It
> would also be some kind of commentary on human
> nature if, amongst the rest
> of us, there are those that think 'Why didn't they?'
> 
Suppose they did and there was never another order?
Do you think the military customer would reimburse
them for that expense? No! So if they take the
business risk of making more on the hope that they
would get further orders and they would make a 
bigger profit why should they be forced to surrender
that profit? It's up to the customer to plan ahead.

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