XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: Peter@Iron-Spring.com   
      
   On 12/29/25 14:59, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Mon, 29 Dec 2025 07:33:43 -0700, Peter Flass wrote:   
   >   
   >> Unfortunately, it's a secret society, like the Freemasons. Currently   
   >> the MBAs run the companies, so they hire people who belong to the   
   >> same club. It's not about competence.   
   >   
   > That won’t work, though. Incompetent companies will get out-competed   
   > by competent ones in the marketplace.   
      
   Large companies are, by definition, incompetent. They buy up the small,   
   competent ones and take them over.   
      
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