>Hi George.
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>>> It does most certainly depend. In reference to my statement above, I've got one system that's been so massaged, coddled, yelled at, bent, spindled and mutilated that, periodically, it needs to be totally re-factored. Is it broke? Nope, but it has grown increasingly hard to maintain because of the above. <<
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>I suppose that depends on your definition of broke < g >. IMHO, if the needs of the business change rapidly and the software must keep up with it, software that is difficult to maintain and extend is pretty close to broke.

It isn't necessarily rapidly one of those..."just this little modification here..." followed by another a couple of months later.< g > You're right on the definition, however.< s >

>But that is a very different business model from the mom and pop shop that I was talking about.

Yup, it is. I do so little contracting on the side that I tend to overlook this market.