> On Tue, 4 Jan 2000, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > > Makes you wonder what people (companies) are spending their money on.
> > > My take on it is that commercial software licensing is, by and large, a
> > > hoax.
> > >
> > > MikeA
> >
> > My guess is that in most organizations only a handful of people
> > understand the code. The rest do support/sales/marketing.
> >
>
> Thats the way it is every place I have worked. It's known as the 2/3
> rule. 1/3 of your coders actually know what the hell is going on, the
> other 2/3's of them are in the dark/do not care/collect a check.
Oh, I didn't know it had a name. I find it usually less than 1/3.
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