• dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Software maintenance was seen as a necessary evil.

    The most important lesson I learned about the economics of software is that sourcecode is always accounted as a liability and not an asset. Accountants will never let you code your way into more value. Everything else you see stems from that truth.