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From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: Re: The Impossible Project: not so funny... (Was: what's wrong)
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In article <32BACA2C.A4C@dave-world.net>, Tim Ottinger <tottinge@dave-world.net> writes:

> I added up all of the reasons I've seen things fall apart, and put them
> into a single nightmare scenario, to show how you can fail even with
> great, steaming wads of cash.

The reports produced by the software must exactly match the reports
produced by the previous software, for which no specifications exist.
