Re:LibreOffice: cleaning and re-factoring a giant code-base ...
by jacques_chester on Sunday February 17, 2013 @07:55AM
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I think that wasting money on solved problems is, essentially, bonkers.
Sure, it's nice to have the latest and greatest. But I don't think it gives you magical powers. You still need to do all the other stuff.
That, and the well-known problems with rewriting (the track record is notso hotso) mean that really, the onus for making a case to rewrite is on the rewriters.
Sure, it's nice to have the latest and greatest. But I don't think it gives you magical powers. You still need to do all the other stuff.
That, and the well-known problems with rewriting (the track record is notso hotso) mean that really, the onus for making a case to rewrite is on the rewriters.