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by jim_kaiser 5108 days ago
"The cheapest, fastest, and most reliable components are those that aren't there." -- Gordon Bell

Just to clarify. I think what he means by that statement is that, we assume that components not yet built would be cheaper, faster and more reliable than they would be in reality. Which is almost always true.

[EDIT: Just realized, it's true the other way around too, if you eliminate the need for a component, it becomes the cheapest, fastest and most reliable component.]