From: henry@spsystems.net   
      
   In article <3FB66198.80204@tabletoptelephone.com>,   
   Hop David   wrote:   
   >> In fact, to my mind the biggest weakness of terraforming is simply that it   
   >> takes too long... Never mind the   
   >> details of holding together the project's own organization; more important   
   >> is whether it will still have *customers* at the end.   
   >   
   >Endeavors requiring efforts longer than an election term are vulnerable.   
      
   That comes under the "holding together the project's own organization"   
   heading, to my mind.  Yes, it's significant, but there are conceivable   
   solutions.  The problem of whether there will still be customers at the   
   end of it all is more fundamental.   
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