this is a special case of the general form of Zawinski's law: every [system]  attempts to expand until it can [universally integrate]; those [systems] which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can
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RT @whitequark
similarly, a billing department grows a telecommunications company around itself https://twitter.com/whitequark/status/1394780891776487433
https://twitter.com/whitequark/status/1396288272285020162