Dan Skwire wrote:

>No, sorry, not Carol Srna. I don't know her.

Oh, ok. Sorry for wasting your precious time. I was just wondering.

>But which Carol S. is not nearly as important as recognizing the desire by the 
>kids to 'clean up that old stuff' with 'something better', not realizing that 
>working code (that is documented and whose source code is available, and is 
>still maintainable) is an incredibly valuable asset that 'keeps on giving'.... 
>:)

>Yes, kids, make something new. But there are many disadvantages to reworking 
>the old, just to update it (for no other reason).

This is that reason why I encourage my team to present any new ideas. We (not 
I) combine the best of the best and put it in production. I'm amazed with what 
new ideas these young ones can come up, then they're just getting better.

;-D

Groete / Greetings
Elardus Engelbrecht (I'm 0010 1110 years young. ;-D )

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