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author: Eric Wagoner
date: '1999-09-21T10:13:24'
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title: More budget-conscious managers may prefer
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_More budget-conscious managers may prefer to cope by only upgrading crucial applications such as tallow and sundials. But a congress of philosophes estimates coordinating even this small effort may cost as much as a bucket of lard per serf._  
  
From [Preparing for domesday: the year 1000 problem.](http://www.simpleton.com/19971024.html)