Carolina QuotesAn ancient adage warns, "Never go to sea with two chronometers; take one or three."
Fred Brooks Carolinian
Source
Page 64.
- work
- The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering (1975, 1995)
- year
- 1975
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