A story within a story, summarised as "don't try and re-write the entire codebase", which Joel proclaimed to be "the single worst strategic mistake that any sof

A story within a story, summarised as "don't try and re-write the entire codebase", which Joel proclaimed to be "the single worst strategic mistake that any software company can make" 10 years ago: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html i.e. nothing new