# Problems that require system-level solutions often require massive teams
This is especially true when you’re talking about systems *within* an organization - you need to replace-in-place, backwards compatibility etc.
This may be one of the [[§Corporate R+D Constraints]] and a reason why [[Corporate R+D orgs are expensive]].
From [[Conversation with apple research guy 12/2018]]
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