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by kalleboo 4330 days ago
Could you imagine Boeing/lockheed/GM/some some oil company or any other manufacturer going up to their stockholders and saying: "We're going to avoid the metric that most parts are manufactured in (economies of scale) and most of our outsourcing partners are familiar with (risk of errors) and instead stick to customary measures because a foot feels 'more natural'"