On 22 Jul 2005 at 18:03, Craig Parmerlee wrote: > Last year, we fought ferociously to get > ourselves out of the legacy problem -- advancing our platform 15 years > in the course of 12 months. Now we are determined to take full > advantage of the productivity that comes when you can get rid of that > legacy. It is abundantly clear to me that Finale is still slaving > under its legacy. We think of reinventing 5% of our system every > MONTH. Finale is reinventimg one percent of its system every YEAR. > Two entirely different worlds.
I don't know who "we" is, nor what kind of software it is you're talking about, or how big a customer base you have, and how restrictive you are on the environments and platforms your software supports, but I do know that good code doesn't rust. If it's well- designed and implemented well, it can last a very long time. And Netscape is a perfect example of what can go wrong by throwing out everything and starting over. Things You Should Never Do http://joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
