> Typically this is a death knell for a software project -- however well-reasoned, well-intentioned, and well-planned. i've watched this cliche doom more proje

> Typically this is a death knell for a software project -- however well-reasoned, well-intentioned, and well-planned. i've watched this cliche doom more projects than the actual attempts at rewriting/rearchitecting. midwit managers crying "oh engineers always want to throw everyone else's work away" have basically banned redoing anything, no matter how dire the situation.