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The red tape is important for ensuring that bad outcomes don't happen during the process. Bad outcomes outside of the process like it taking years to buy softw
by beckingz 5y ago
The red tape is important for ensuring that bad outcomes don't happen during the process.
Bad outcomes outside of the process like it taking years to buy software? Not any one person's fault.
- TeMPOraL 5y agoSome of the "bad outcomes during the process" can cost the company more in legal fees than a multi-year software project. Red tape tends to be concentrated in such areas. For example, exports control and anti-money-laundering regulations. After sitting through trainings on the former, I'm very glad I don't have to deal with traveling or sending physical devices around the world...
- mathattack 5y agoCompliance is painful because it’s hard to come up with precise NPVs on “we need to do it to avoid bad outcomes and because of the law.” It’s a shared tax that grows as the company grows, but the benefit is unseen. So compliance becomes a function of the political power of the leaders.