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COOPER'S LAWS
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Law #1 All systems look good on paper
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Law #2 Never assume a system has a particular feature just because it seems
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obvious that it would. Even if it does, it won't work the way you
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think it should.
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Law #3 People who design CAD systems never use them to design anything.
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Law #4 No CAD system is as good as the demo can make it look, and no system
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is as bad as an incompetent demonstrator can make it look.
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Law #5 The vendor's statement "Our system is so easy to learn, all you need
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is our user's manual" assumes that you have a master's degree in
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computer science, ten years of experience using other systems, plenty
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of free time, membership in MENSA, an IQ of 175, and a natural flair
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for puzzles.
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Law #6 The CAD system's user manual comes fully encrypted - free of charge.
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Law #7 When you first start using a system, you'll think there are bugs in
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it, but they will be your mistakes. As soon as you become more
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proficient with the system you'll discover the real bugs, which will
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be described as unique features of the system.
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Law #8 After you discover a legitimate bug and duplicate the conditions that
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caused it five different times, you report if to the vendor and they
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won't be able to duplicate it.
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Law #9 As soon as you become proficient and familiar with the operation of
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the system and learn to work around the limitations, you'll receive a
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new release that operates significantly different from the old one
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and includes a new set of bugs.
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Law #10 According to the vendor, bugs will be fixed in the next release. New
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software releases won't fix existing bugs and will include new ones.
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Law #11 Hardware failures always happen when you haven't saved your data in
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six hours.
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Law #12 New CAD systems are always installed two days prior to commencement
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of design of the most important project your company has ever had,
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which is already behind schedule. Your boss expects you and the CAD
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system to make up the lost time.
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Law #13 No matter what system you purchase, you'll wish it was faster and
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more powerful.
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As told to Richard Nedbal of CAD Solutions, San Jose, CA. by Dick Cooper,
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an engineering coordinator for 3M's Test and Measurement Systems division,
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in the June 1989 issue of Personal Engineering and Instrumentation News -
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and typed here by Michael Lurie, Sysop - The Depot BBS (717)853-3599 data.
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