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Project '''procrustes''' is a requirements { policies, procedures, and technology } interoperability database. Its name comes from the [[ w:Procrustes| mythological inn-keeper]]. And its moral is 'do you make your own bed and lie in it'? | Project '''procrustes''' is a requirements { policies, procedures, and technology } interoperability database. Its name comes from the [[ w:Procrustes| mythological inn-keeper]]. And its moral is 'do you make your own bed and lie in it'? | ||
This metaphor evolves into the extreme fitness tests for products, including safety standards, and insists for example, that leaders, upon declaring a town's water supply to be safe, do themselves take a drink. | This metaphor evolves into the [[extreme testing|extreme fitness tests]] for products, including safety standards, and insists for example, that leaders, upon declaring a town's water supply to be safe, do themselves take a drink. | ||
A consumer is either on the leading edge or the bleeding edge of change. Small markets are often dominated by monopolies. Small organizations, especially [[not-for-profit]]s will be champions of alternatives. | A consumer is either on the leading edge or the bleeding edge of change. Small markets are often dominated by monopolies. Small organizations, especially [[not-for-profit]]s will be champions of alternatives. | ||