Re:IBM is trying the save a piece of his bizness
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In the mid-1990a, a company I consulted for tried to rewrite a mainframe COBOL/CICS/VSAM system (originally written in 1960's, heavily modified through the ages) using C++. They put 90 people (1/4 of their staff) on writing the new system which had to at least duplicate the functionality of the old system. As updates, regulatory changes, etc. were applied to the production system, they also had to be applied to the new one. Eventually, the changes took up the entire time of the staff allocated to the new system. The company found that, even with the latest documentation techniques, man-hours per change was much higher on the C++ system than on the COBOL system.
After 2 years, they decided that they could no longer afford to keep up parallel development and trashed the new system project.
We see this all the time. The 20 7ks realize that they make more than the one 100k, but between them they can't write anywhere near the same amount of good code. Their code is tossed, his code is implemented. They were hired so upper management can claim to save money by outsourcing.
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In the mid-1990a, a company I consulted for tried to rewrite a mainframe COBOL/CICS/VSAM system (originally written in 1960's, heavily modified through the ages) using C++. They put 90 people (1/4 of their staff) on writing the new system which had to at least duplicate the functionality of the old system. As updates, regulatory changes, etc. were applied to the production system, they also had to be applied to the new one. Eventually, the changes took up the entire time of the staff allocated to the new system. The company found that, even with the latest documentation techniques, man-hours per change was much higher on the C++ system than on the COBOL system. After 2 years, they decided that they could no longer afford to keep up parallel development and trashed the new system project.
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Will this stop scammers?
No, of course it won't. Nothing will ever stop scammers.
Will it help a buyer decide who is or is not a scammer?
It will probably help to identify honest sellers.
I write code for a living. Every company I have contracted with has insisted that I be bonded.
We see this all the time. The 20 7ks realize that they make more than the one 100k, but between them they can't write anywhere near the same amount of good code. Their code is tossed, his code is implemented. They were hired so upper management can claim to save money by outsourcing.