I’ve learned a lot about how the defense industry works and it’s amazing the waste. For example, Washington people will schedule useless or too many trips to warm parts of the country, usually on Fridays so they can then spend the weekend there. Phoenix and San Diego are favorite spots for that.
Rory From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of That One Guy /sarcasm Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2016 8:08 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT - Govt still using 8 inch floppies If it aint broke, dont fix it On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 10:07 AM, can...@believewireless.net<mailto:can...@believewireless.net> <p...@believewireless.net<mailto:p...@believewireless.net>> wrote: You lose either way. If they develop a new system people will say it's too expensive and has too many cost overruns. On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 10:59 AM, Rory Conaway <r...@triadwireless.net<mailto:r...@triadwireless.net>> wrote: This is just mismanagement on the part of the Pentagon. Unless some general can steer a contract to a big defense contractor just as they are retiring so they can take a job with said contractor, nobody is going to stick their neck out and propose a new system. -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
