Sitting around writing specs while the competition runs away with the market does not really help in many situations. Guess this was even more true in the 80s w

Sitting around writing specs while the competition runs away with the market does not really help in many situations. Guess this was even more true in the 80s when Office was originally developed. Choose between 'sloppy and shipped'(most software) vs. 'never ships because of targeting perfection' (GNU Hurd?).