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The purpose of a system is what it does.

It's not "a system". Each company is run by different people, and is under different pressures, and makes different decisions. Monolithing that is silly.

Have some Beer:

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_wha...>

Each company is a system, though. And they exhibit certain behaviors common to their type.

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