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> a company which has approximately infinite resources

The classic Apple problem is they they compatibility have much less corporate employees than other tech companies and they're stretched too thin, despite all their money.



Have you read "The Mythical Man-Month"? It's not possible to get better software with more people, only more software of the same quality.


Have you read the Mythical Man-Month? I havent, but my understanding of the general crux is that is that adding more people to a late project only makes it later. Not (again, from my understanding) the problem Apple faces.

Of course, nine women can't make a baby in once month, but loosely speaking the narrative that's been mentioned is how Apple doesn't have two women to make two babies in 9 months.




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