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On Mar 2, 1:13=A0pm, Hyman Rosen <hyro...@mail.com> wrote:
> On 3/2/2011 4:03 PM, Vinzent Hoefler wrote:
>
> > Actually, no. While "lost due to piracy" are pure virtual numbers, beca=
use
> > they are based on something that could have happened, the cost of recal=
ls,
> > bug-fix cycles etc. are quite real and measurable. Because they did hap=
pen.
>
> The recalls and problems may have happened, but I have serious doubts
> whether their costs were, or even can be, measured accurately. Also,
> what is not measured is the opportunity cost of applying error prevention
> developmental methodologies to all produced software. I might speculate
> that this would cost substantially more than remediation in case of error=
.

Why would you assume any positive opportunity cost at all (as opposed
to a negative opportunity cost, that is, a savings)?  Why would you
assume that the entire software development/maintenance cycle is
cheaper when using tools and methods that produce more bugs?