Not to mention the cha ching factor!

John Harvey

-----Original Message-----

From: profox-bounces@leafe.com [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf

Of Stephen the Cook

Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 9:18 PM

To: 'ProFox Email List'

Subject: RE: Business Reasons to rewrite, was: web app

Ted Roche <> wrote this on Wednesday, March 01, 2006 8:12 AM:

> So, Dave, you were looking for GOOD business reasons to switch? I

> have run into few of them:

>

> Good apps need to be rewritten every once in a while, as cruft builds

> up, and the model of the business encapsulated in the code doesn't

> always evolve as fast as the business does. Software tends towards

> rigidity and/or fragility. Refactoring and other advanced techniques

> are designed to extend the longevity of an application, but

> refactoring a gnarly old app can be more costly than rebuilding.

True.

Stephen Russell

S.R. & Associates

Memphis, TN 38115

901.246-0159

http://spaces.msn.com/members/srussell/

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