@Rad!

Interesting article......and quite true..... one of the small systems i wrote in 2004/5 ( www.smsanyone.com )  has been due for a complete re-write....but i just wont do it.....so really i believe in re-using and improving....the only difference is....I did not write OrangeHRM....so for me and the other people that will be part of this...........we are not re-writing....

Also, OrangeHRM doesnt in the first place solve our fundamental issue.....Payroll.........

So the question is....do we turn a Bicycle into a Motor Cycle or just make a Motor Cycle in the first place.

Please remember I am not arguing with anyone'so opinion...just expressing mine. I value all the views expressed.

Regards





On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 7:28 PM, Rad! <conradakunga@gmail.com> wrote:
It is never a black or white question, the famous 'rewrite or reuse'. Here's a good essay that can give food for thought http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html


On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 7:23 PM, Peter Karunyu <pkarunyu@gmail.com> wrote:
Bernard, you have my blessings then to do it as you see fit (not that you needed them in the first place :-) I have understood your perspective perfectly.

Steve, not that I mind creating stuff from scratch, but i belong to the school of programming where the mantra "don't reinvent the wheel" is a bit strong, which leads to lazy developers who piggy-back on the efforts of others.

Skunks who are familiar with the ISV marketplace locally could have some interesting perspectives though, Peter Muchemi??



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