I am not aware of such an effort, and I don't think you will be able to create a credible back-of-the-cocktail-napkin estimate.
If you really want a credible estimate, I would suggest running the source code through a reverse engineering tool to create a metric such as the number of function points, the number of menu options or some other measure such as the number of gleeznop brognicks. Set up an agile project such as Scrum and implement some part of the functionality end to end. After one or two Scrum cycles, estimate what part of the total functionality you have implemented, and extrapolate. This won't be a cheap estimate because it will take you perhaps two months to go through the exercise. But it will give you something you can hang your hat on, and something that will give you a basis to track project progress. -- Bhaskar On Mon, 2006-03-06 at 17:38 -0600, Joseph Puthooran wrote: > Has anyone tried to estimate the work involved in redoing CPRS > for Linux - I mean complete with the RPC or else it does not > make sense. A wild guess without seriously looking under the > hood - I think something like 3-5 man years will be needed to > port it for freedom from Windows. But then if someone has > attempted it, or made a better estimate, and would be open to > working together, we could look at partnering. The other model > is an Open Source one. Anyone interested? > > Joseph Puthooran > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
