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Re:Be likeable or get fired by adamsea on Friday April 20, 2018 @12:30PM (#16886181)
Revenue is actually the only calculation - it is a business.
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Re:Be likeable or get fired by eloff on Friday April 20, 2018 @01:07PM (#16886542)
No, it's profit = revenue - costs.

But it doesn't matter to this particular decision which is weighing one cost (technical debt) against another cost (fixing said debt.) There is no revenue in the calculation at all to consider, just costs.

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Re:Be likeable or get fired by cocoablazing on Friday April 20, 2018 @12:51PM (#16886405)
So they need profit, which is negatively impacted by costs.
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