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

From: "Chiusano Joseph" <>
> <Quote>
> Even if previously well-maintained, the value of code without the
> developers who wrote/maintained it is often $0.
> </Quote>
>
> Documentation?

You're kidding, right?

Bob Foster

>
> 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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