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How much time are you spending supporting legacy code?   [Edit]

Survey period: 6 Jun 2005 to 12 Jun 2005

There's a lot of it around. How much time are you spending caring for old code?

OptionVotes% 
100%. That's all I do706.62
over 80%12411.73
60% - 80%13012.30
40% - 60%16415.52
20% - 40%17816.84
less than 20% of my time23322.04
I don't touch legacy code15814.95



 
GeneralIf it ain't broke, don't fix it... Pin
Paul Vickery9-Jun-05 22:59
professionalPaul Vickery9-Jun-05 22:59 
GeneralRe: If it ain't broke, don't fix it... Pin
Gary R. Wheeler11-Jun-05 2:23
Gary R. Wheeler11-Jun-05 2:23 
Generali just rewrite it!!!! Pin
tom_dx9-Jun-05 13:09
tom_dx9-Jun-05 13:09 
GeneralRe: i just rewrite it!!!! Pin
Marc Clifton9-Jun-05 15:08
mvaMarc Clifton9-Jun-05 15:08 
GeneralRe: i just rewrite it!!!! Pin
tom_dx9-Jun-05 16:39
tom_dx9-Jun-05 16:39 
GeneralUsing c++/Cli to gap between legacy code and new code Pin
| zvikapeer@hotmail.com9-Jun-05 10:23
| zvikapeer@hotmail.com9-Jun-05 10:23 
GeneralCode Is Like A Car Pin
Marc Clifton8-Jun-05 14:08
mvaMarc Clifton8-Jun-05 14:08 
GeneralRe: Code Is Like A Car Pin
jeremypettit9-Jun-05 11:12
jeremypettit9-Jun-05 11:12 
GeneralRe: Code Is Like A Car Pin
tom_dx9-Jun-05 16:40
tom_dx9-Jun-05 16:40 
GeneralRe: Code Is Like A Car Pin
jeremypettit10-Jun-05 4:23
jeremypettit10-Jun-05 4:23 
GeneralRe: Code Is Like A Car Pin
DavidNohejl11-Jun-05 10:15
DavidNohejl11-Jun-05 10:15 
GeneralRe: Code Is Like A Car Pin
Gary R. Wheeler11-Jun-05 2:03
Gary R. Wheeler11-Jun-05 2:03 
GeneralFor us, even VS.NET 2002 is legacy - but we still support it Pin
Anna-Jayne Metcalfe8-Jun-05 2:26
Anna-Jayne Metcalfe8-Jun-05 2:26 
GeneralWhat's legacy code Pin
eggie57-Jun-05 16:51
eggie57-Jun-05 16:51 
GeneralRe: What's legacy code Pin
Gary R. Wheeler11-Jun-05 1:53
Gary R. Wheeler11-Jun-05 1:53 
GeneralRe: What's legacy code Pin
eggie512-Jun-05 5:03
eggie512-Jun-05 5:03 
GeneralDo you consider MFC legacy code? Pin
dave182857-Jun-05 12:45
dave182857-Jun-05 12:45 
GeneralRe: Do you consider MFC legacy code? Pin
Bob Stanneveld7-Jun-05 20:39
Bob Stanneveld7-Jun-05 20:39 
GeneralRe: Do you consider MFC legacy code? Pin
Gary R. Wheeler11-Jun-05 1:58
Gary R. Wheeler11-Jun-05 1:58 
General2 Developer team Pin
WillemM7-Jun-05 5:38
WillemM7-Jun-05 5:38 
GeneralRe: 2 Developer team Pin
Gary R. Wheeler11-Jun-05 2:10
Gary R. Wheeler11-Jun-05 2:10 
The need to support legacy code varies with your market.

One of our current products still supports hardware developed in the early 90's. Since some of our customers are still using it, we are required to support it. Even though that hardware is 'end-of-life'd as the parts that go into it become unavailable, newer generations of the hardware support the older data formats.

If we were to abandon support for one of these older formats, our customers would be inclined to replace our equipment with someone else's, someone more inclined to long-term support.


Software Zen: delete this;
GeneralThe same project for the last 7 years... Pin
Daniel Turini7-Jun-05 2:56
Daniel Turini7-Jun-05 2:56 
GeneralIs VC++ 6 stuff legacy code? Pin
Nish Nishant6-Jun-05 23:05
sitebuilderNish Nishant6-Jun-05 23:05 
GeneralRe: Is VC++ 6 stuff legacy code? Pin
Bob Stanneveld7-Jun-05 0:14
Bob Stanneveld7-Jun-05 0:14 
GeneralRe: Is VC++ 6 stuff legacy code? Pin
Nish Nishant7-Jun-05 0:42
sitebuilderNish Nishant7-Jun-05 0:42 

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