I have seen a few potential projects that the replacement had to be identical to the former product, only on a new platform. Instead of making an app that fit the platform first and doing what is needed as well.
On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 4:39 AM, Alan Bourke <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 5 Oct 2017, at 10:42 PM, Darren wrote: > > I know of a bank that spent upwards of 30M trying to port a VFP app, that > > had been developed over 15+ years with a group of developers, to .NET - > > all got dumped. 30M+ wasted > > None of these are a necessarily a .NET problem though, you can point to > similar disasters with any platform and\or language. They will have been > the usual lack of scoping, lack of ownership, overselling, > overexpectations .... > > > -- > Alan Bourke > alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cajidmy+s-0taw5a3jz48gf_1vwxypvrdgbw+ovv5oadmzkt...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
