I think that the difference is that there is no planning to make sure
that no-one is irreplaceable. Sure people can be replaced, but it
might take a while. A subsystem might be unmaintained (or
under-maintained) for a while until some sucker^Wdeveloper puts their
hand up. That isn't a situation that a "fortune 500 bureaucracy"
would be able to tolerate. But we seem to cope.
NeilBrown
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