Thank God the DOI is inefficient. If they were good at what they do,
which is generally malicious, we'd all be in trouble.
Your story reminded me of a dear friend who works for the department of
the interior here in the US who routinely was dressed down for writing
functional, reliable software quickly and with a minimum of bugs and
fuss. He made all the other people in his office feel bad.
sigh.
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