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When the cost of buying screwdrivers for your entire workforce would likely bankrupt the company.
by muglug 9y ago
When the cost of buying screwdrivers for your entire workforce would likely bankrupt the company.
- jimktrains2 9y agoI'm not sure what you're analogy is here. You wouldn't switch every nail to a screw in the same moment.
- muglug 9y agoRight, but you're still investing time in doing that switch. No matter which way you cut it, you're still replacing every single nail. "We'll just update as we go", you say. That's fine, but it means that some parts of the house – normally the oldest and most integral to the entire structure - will use nails for years to come. And your developers will need to be trained in both hammers and screwdrivers to be able to work on the house in totality.
- jimktrains2 9y agoSure, but if those nails are also causing structural instability, then it might be prudent to do the investment. It seems now, no one will be using your type of nail anymore either, so now you have to have them custom made at expense.
- cwyers 9y agoSometimes those nails are doing just the opposite, they're holding the foundation together, and if you try and pull them all out the whole thing might collapse.
- VeejayRampay 9y agoThis is why I use Krazy Glue for everything, so I don't have to think about what's the nail, the screw and the hammer in this long-winded analogy about PHP and its shortcomings.