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by jdpage 266 days ago
The purpose of a system is what it does.
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philipallstar 266 days ago
It's not "a system". Each company is run by different people, and is under different pressures, and makes different decisions. Monolithing that is silly.
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dredmorbius 263 days ago
Have some Beer:

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_wha...>

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jdpage 266 days ago
Each company is a system, though. And they exhibit certain behaviors common to their type.
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