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Issue #349 Remove the (wrong) quote from Peter Drucker #350

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As per issue #349 we replace the wrong quote from Peter Drucker in the introduction with a real quote from Lord Kelvin:

"When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind."

See Popular Lectures and Addresses vol. 1 (1889) ‘Electrical Units of Measurement’, delivered 3 May 1883

Secondary benefit: Peter Drucker was an expert in management. Kelvin was a scientist. 😉

@bertysentry bertysentry force-pushed the issue-349-peter-drucker branch from c0edf16 to 89aad14 Compare February 2, 2023 20:06
@atg-abhishek atg-abhishek self-requested a review February 9, 2023 04:06
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LGTM!

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WG:
Quote is long and complex
Odd to have a justification quote at the beginning of a technical spec
In introduction or guidelines may be more appropriate
Common in thesis to have quotes, nice effect. Why am I reading it
Short version is more pithy.
Action item: Can we find a shorter but still relevant quote?

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@Henry-WattTime Let's not spend too much time on this. We can simply remove the quote if you guys are okay with that.

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@Henry-WattTime is the decision then to reject this PR or do we want to leave it open till we find a shorter quote?

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@atg-abhishek I can update the PR to simply remove the quote. Makes it easier for everybody. Just let me know. Thanks!

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WG: yes, remove the quote for now. We can replace it with something else later.

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Sounds good @bertysentry - do you want to make the update to this PR? Thanks!

@bertysentry bertysentry changed the title Issue #349 Replace the (wrong) quote from Peter Drucker with one from Kelvin Issue #349 Remove the (wrong) quote from Peter Drucker Feb 19, 2023
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Quote removed!

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LGTM!

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Please merge 😊

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WG: approved

@Henry-WattTime Henry-WattTime merged commit 632570b into Green-Software-Foundation:dev Mar 2, 2023
@bertysentry bertysentry deleted the issue-349-peter-drucker branch March 2, 2023 16:37
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