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Re:Porting Firefox to Apple Silicon by toyg on Thursday January 21, 2021 @12:06PM (#25861202)
> The accountants will only know this after the fact

The accountants know when your debits have to be repaid, how likely they are to be repaid or refinanced by then, and what the penalty for not doing so will be. I'd argue that, in most cases, nobody employed in the development/production chain will have that information, possibly not even the CEO.

Re:Porting Firefox to Apple Silicon by zepto on Thursday January 21, 2021 @01:00PM (#25861867)
Sure, but accountants will not know the likelyhood of success of a new product or service, how the features will affect sales, the likelyhood of making large sales, the state of strategic relationships, etc. etc.

Yes, they may have models and estimates, but the real information will be in the hands of those involved directly.

Even things like refinancing and the options for doing so can be affected by things like letters of intent from potential large clients, industry validation, etc.

Just knowing numbers and dates isn’t enough.

I’m not saying accounting isn’t important, but it just isn’t the only source of truth.