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• To: "Chiusano Joseph" <chiusano_joseph@b...>
• Subject: Re: Near and Far (Was RE: A parentless elemen t that is not the document node - how?)
• From: "Bob Foster" <bob@o...>
• Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 00:07:26 -0500
• Cc: "John Cowan" <jcowan@r...>,"Bullard Claude L \(Len\)" <clbullar@i...>,<xml-dev@l...>
• References: <15725CF6AFE2F34DB8A5B4770B7334EE022DC73D@h...> <20030804214711.GA17363@s...> <01ed01c35ad6$d8012240$6701a8c0@snobird> <3F2EDA86.C0F2BD67@b...>

From: "Chiusano Joseph" <chiusano_joseph@b...>
> <Quote>
> Even if previously well-maintained, the value of code without the
> developers who wrote/maintained it is often $0.
> </Quote>
>
> Documentation?

You're kidding, right?

Bob Foster

>
> Kind Regards,
> Joe Chiusano
> Booz | Allen | Hamilton
>
> Bob Foster wrote:
> >
> > From: "John Cowan" <jcowan@r...>
> > > Bullard, Claude L (Len) scripsit:
> > >
> > > > Hmm.  An interesting insight into the software business:
> > > > it undervalues the IP of already compiled and sold products
> > > > enormously.
> > >
> > > Or maybe it assigns the correct use value to unmaintained code: $0.
> >
> > Even if previously well-maintained, the value of code without the
developers
> > who wrote/maintained it is often $0.
> >
> > Even if well-maintained and knowledgeable developers available, if in
"needs
> > to be rewritten" state, value is $0.
> >
> > (In fact, often when code crosses the "needs to be rewritten" line, the
> > value of the company is $0. ;-)
> >
> > Bob Foster
> >
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