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Re:Two Kinds of Tech Debt and How to Pay It Down by hinkley on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @04:38PM (#18287248)
And that's probably why this doesn't happen.

If you have bookkeeping that shows that you're a bad acquisition target you go out of business and are considered a failure. If you don't then you get bought by someone idealistic and you're considered something of a success.

Re:Two Kinds of Tech Debt and How to Pay It Down by ErikAugust on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @04:47PM (#18287335)
Sure - it’s something you can sweep under the rug by not having any accountability on it.
Re:Two Kinds of Tech Debt and How to Pay It Down by hinkley on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @04:54PM (#18287392)
Yeah, I'm not saying I agree with it, I just comprehend how it happens.