[Ads-l] "building the plane"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Pretty ridiculous any way you look at it.

JL

On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 11:42 AM, ADSGarson O'Toole <
adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:

> Venture capitalists have used the phrase: You've got to jump off a
> cliff and build your wings on the way down.
>
> Here is link to the analysis. The first citation was dated November 18,
> 1979.
> http://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/06/17/cliff-wings/
>
> In the domain of computer technology I have heard the following analogy.
>
> Designing an upgradable computer system is like designing a sports car
> while riding a tricycle. You must upgrade the tricycle piece by piece
> to yield the sports car, but you must keep riding the vehicle while it
> is being transformed.
>
> Garson
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 6:47 AM, Jonathan Lighter
> <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Errol Louis, CNN:
> >
> > "They're building the plane as it's taking off, and the problem for [the
> > candidate] is that they're running out of runway."
> >
> > A number of related Google hits back to at least 2013.
> >
> > JL
> >
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