It seems like Raytheon stopped distribution because it was discovered that most of Swanson's "unwritten rules" had actually been written before, by other people

It seems like Raytheon stopped distribution because it was discovered that most of Swanson's "unwritten rules" had actually been written before, by other people, and he had just copied them without attribution: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/03/business/03cnd-raytheon.html http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/03/business/03cnd-raytheon.ht... (hat tip to brl)