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A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have to start over with a working simple system. – John Gall

Reminds me of Jussieu/UPMC, very large university, quite an architectural and administrative clusterfuck. Too large, unfinished, constant maintenance in progress.

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