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The computer may be incompetent in itself--that is, unable to do the work for which it was designed. This kind of incompetence can never be eliminated, because the Peter Principle applies in the plants where computers are designed and manufactured.
The computer may be incompetent in itself--that is, unable to do the work for which it was designed. This kind of incompetence can never be eliminated, because the Peter Principle applies in the plants where computers are designed and manufactured.
Approximate author period: c. 1954 AD · modern
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- Laurence J. Peter
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- Approximate author period: c. 1954 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Laurence J. Peter: life dates 1919 to 1990. Wikidata Q944024, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944024 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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