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<p>On 2019-02-20 14:23, Paul Allen wrote:</p>
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<div dir="ltr">On Wed, 20 Feb 2019 at 12:59, Sergio Manzi <<a href="mailto:smz@smz.it">smz@smz.it</a>> wrote:</div>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #cccccc; padding-left: 1ex;">Perfect!<br /><br /> NIH syndrome [1] anybody?<br /><br /> [1] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_invented_here" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_invented_here</a></blockquote>
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<div>More like "Somebody has already invented the hammer so there's no need for that new</div>
<div>screwdriver thing, just hammer the screws in."</div>
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<div>Fitness for purpose trumps "already invented."</div>
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<div>IMHO it's not fit for purpose until it is complete, documented, at least peer-reviewed if not formally "approved", and accessible to its intended audience.</div>
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