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Re^3: OT: The mythical man month - have we learned nothing?by chaoticset (Chaplain) |
on Mar 12, 2006 at 06:24 UTC ( [id://536036]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
It only fails because people have width. If we're willing to remove the concept of race from a relay race (and, in my mind, we shouldn't; if nobody's moving, that's not actually a race, IMHO), then we could also remove all non-essential physical distances -- such as human width and depth, and the length of the baton. With the baton being represented by a point and each runner represented similarly, the argument that enough people streamline the process becomes invalid. (And I realize a relay race would be absurd to imagine in reality with a point-sized baton; however, I retort that a relay race where several thousand people pass a baton around a track could happen, but never would.) While it might be faster, it's still not a very good argument against the metaphor. (Plus, any manager that says what you just said would immediately be thrown out of Manager Club*.)
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