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by jeffbee 126 days ago
Have you heard the news about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_wha...
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This phrase is stupid and it gets repeated so much. It's pure vapid mangement consultant dreck. Imagine I told you that my car was running kind of hot and I needed to replace old coolant to make the system work better. If you told me 'ThE PuRpOsE oF a SyStEm Is WhAt It DoEs' I would think you were missing some braincells.

Sometimes the purpose of a system is what it's supposed to do and it needs some small maintenance to make it work right.