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Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 09:31:43 +0200
From: Rogier Wolff <R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl>
To: Jamie Lokier <lk@tantalophile.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: BK is *evil* corporate software [was Re: New BK License Problem?]
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On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 01:03:55AM +0100, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> ps. From my limited experience, the hard part in writing a program
> like BK isn't quantifiable in $$.  One talented and motivated
> programmer probably _could_ develop BK in 6 months given all the right
> environment, input, skills, motivations and history.  But their salary
> is the smallest part of that.  How likely are you to _find_ a person
> who's specifically interested and skilled in developing high quality
> SCM systems, and who's been refining the ideas for the last 10 years?

Ehmmm. I think your're talking about BitMover. The talented guy with the
vision is called Larry, and he's still using over 200 man-months to 
develop the b*tch...

				Roger.

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