Gene Wirchenko wrote: <snipped> >> only being allocated $2k for the project and so I really just got it >> working to the point of being technically correct for the time. It was >> using a Visual Foxpro backend at the time. Fast forward 5 years and the >> client has me change it to use a web database so that he can use it from >> various locations in the state. Upon changeover, several "leak points" >> become obvious and still there's some leftover bugs. What a PITA. If I >> just would have scrapped what they had and started over with a good >> design, I probably would have spent less time on this gig--which had a >> fixed price tag--so as time goes on and I continue to fix it, my profit >> margin is ever-sinking. :-( > > Why is it fixed-price forever?
The first $2k wasn't a lifetime cost...I got paid again to do the conversion from local VFP database to MySQL web database. But I stand behind the work I said I'd deliver, and if I didn't do something right, then that falls under the warranty I gave that product (12 months). So it's not a forever loss of support $. It just cuts into that initial 12-month profit period. -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC President, Chief Software Architect http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com http://twitter.com/mbabcock16 _______________________________________________ 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.
