Linux Work

XXVI:
    If a sufficient number of management layers are superimposed on each
    other, it can be assured that disaster is not left to chance.
XXVII:
    Rank does not intimidate hardware.  Neither does the lack of rank.
XXVIII:
    It is better to be the reorganizer than the reorganizee.
XXIX:
    Executives who do not produce successful results hold on to their
    jobs only about five years.  Those who produce effective results
    hang on about half a decade.
XXX:
    By the time the people asking the questions are ready for the answers,
    the people doing the work have lost track of the questions.
        -- Norman Augustine

XXXI:
    The optimum committee has no members.
XXXII:
    Hiring consultants to conduct studies can be an excellent means of
    turning problems into gold -- your problems into their gold.
XXXIII:
    Fools rush in where incumbents fear to tread.
XXXIV:
    The process of competitively selecting contractors to perform work
    is based on a system of rewards and penalties, all distributed
    randomly.
XXXV:
    The weaker the data available upon which to base one's conclusion,
    the greater the precision which should be quoted in order to give
    the data authenticity.
        -- Norman Augustine

XXXVI:
    The thickness of the proposal required to win a multimillion dollar
    contract is about one millimeter per million dollars.  If all the
    proposals conforming to this standard were piled on top of each other
    at the bottom of the Grand Canyon it would probably be a good idea.
XXXVII:
    Ninety percent of the time things will turn out worse than you expect.
    The other 10 percent of the time you had no right to expect so much.
XXXVIII:
    The early bird gets the worm.
    The early worm ... gets eaten.
XXXIX:
    Never promise to complete any project within six months of the end of
    the year -- in either direction.
XL:
    Most projects start out slowly -- and then sort of taper off.
        -- Norman Augustine

Yesterday I was a dog.  Today I'm a dog.  Tomorrow I'll probably still
be a dog. Sigh!  There's so little hope for advancement.
        -- Snoopy

You are always doing something marginal when the boss drops by your desk.

You can fool all the people all of the time if the advertising is right
and the budget is big enough.
        -- Joseph E. Levine

You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.
        -- Norman Douglas

You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred.
        -- Superchicken

You know, the difference between this company and the Titanic is that the
Titanic had paying customers.

You or I must yield up his life to Ahrimanes.  I would rather it were you.
I should have no hesitation in sacrificing my own life to spare yours, but
we take stock next week, and it would not be fair on the company.
        -- J. Wellington Wells