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 - In 2002 Microsoft reported that by fixing the top 20% of the most-reported bugs, 80% of the related errors and crashes in windows and office would become eliminated ([Reference](https://www.crn.com/news/security/18821726/microsofts-ceo-80-20-rule-applies-to-bugs-not-just-features.htm)).
 
+### The Shirky Principle
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+[The Shirky Principle explained](https://kk.org/thetechnium/the-shirky-prin/)
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+> “Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution.”
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+> _Clay Shirky_
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+Complex solutions -- a company, an industry, or a technology -- can become so dedicated to the problem they are the solution to, that often they inadvertently perpetuate the problem. Established industries like to focus on established problems; many problems are marginal at first, and therefore ignored.
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+Related to:
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+- Upton Sinclair's famous line, _"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!"_
+- Clay Christensen's _The Innovator’s Dilemma_
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+See also:
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+- [Pareto Principle](#the-pareto-principle)
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+
 ### The Peter Principle
 
 [The Peter Principle on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle)