On Nov 28, 2007 4:17 PM, Christof Wollenhaupt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If there's a business case for > rewriting the application and the budget available, that's great. Take the > opportunity and port the app to Python, Java or .NET learning a new skill > set along the way. But it doesn't make sense to throw away existing code > for > non-business reasons. Granted, the code might not be beautiful, you would > do > things different today, etc. but it's debugged code, does exactly what the > busniess needs and has cost a fortune to build in the first place. Hardly > anyone would tear their own house completely down and rebuild from > scratch, > just because there are new materials, new types of heating and cooling, or > because sustainability is the new buzz word. Yet, many do this for > software > that costed about as much as a house. <shrug> > Your kidding? There have been many tear down of an older home an replace that structure with a new McMansion. According to Will Rogers they are not making any more land. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** 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.
