Re: [xml-dev] Near and Far (Was RE: [xml-dev] A parentless elemen t that is not the document node - how?)

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Even if previously well-maintained, the value of code without the
developers who wrote/maintained it is often $0.
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Documentation?

Kind Regards,
Joe Chiusano
Booz | Allen | Hamilton

Bob Foster wrote:
> 
> From: "John Cowan" <>
> > Bullard, Claude L (Len) scripsit:
> >
> > > Hmm.  An interesting insight into the software business:
> > > it undervalues the IP of already compiled and sold products
> > > enormously.
> >
> > Or maybe it assigns the correct use value to unmaintained code: $0.
> 
> Even if previously well-maintained, the value of code without the developers
> who wrote/maintained it is often $0.
> 
> Even if well-maintained and knowledgeable developers available, if in "needs
> to be rewritten" state, value is $0.
> 
> (In fact, often when code crosses the "needs to be rewritten" line, the
> value of the company is $0. ;-)
> 
> Bob Foster
> 
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