[Jared Russell]

This has become one of my favorite CD threads of all time.

It is not often that you get to gain so much insight into the thought processes of others, the inner workings of so many types of teams, and so many rational and well-stated arguments on all sides of the issue. Although I continue to come down on the side of unlimited machine access, I do sympathize with the concerns many have (Parkinson's law and burnout, keeping up with the Joneses, cloning of effective designs, the life lessons of a hard deadline).