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Re:Why it is important that software projects fail (2008) by NiceWayToDoIT on Monday September 07, 2020 @03:46PM (#24402121)
What is definition of useful? Many successful projects are not necessary useful, but still they create wealth, and many useful project never succeeded to make money to become sustainable...

For example many paintings have huge price tag, and we could live without them. Many CO2 removal could devices are very useful but not financially sustainable ...

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Re:Why it is important that software projects fail (2008) by ozim on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @12:17PM (#24409855)
Let's skip "useful" and just go with projects that earn money for the person that invested in it. Then that person earns more and can hire 2 more devs or 3. When project fails devs have to search for new jobs and investor is probably not going to spend his money as easy again.
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