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From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: who owns the code? was Re: Distinguishing type names from other
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Paul says

<<The project then "staffs-up" with anyone they can get their hands on to do
the bulk of the coding. Unfortunately, the group is too big and higher
priority demands too numerous for the program leads to keep track of whether
these people are adhering to the standards set up. These people supposedly do
low level code testing.
>>

The phenomenon where adding people to a project actually decreases
overall productivity is a well known (and well studied) one.