> Since the only metric that matters is "cost", then that doesn't happen. That cost is short term cost, which as you point out is just accepted instead of long

> Since the only metric that matters is "cost", then that doesn't happen. That cost is short term cost, which as you point out is just accepted instead of long term cost. We've probably reached the point where MBAs and the like have very few olives left to remove from the employee salad.