From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,38cd2874d6e7ac41 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-08-20 07:57:17 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone.socal.rr.com!cyclone3.kc.rr.com!news3.kc.rr.com!twister.socal.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3D6258EA.17682C28@san.rr.com> From: Darren New X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: On accounting and engineering.(Slightly offtopic) References: <3d5dc21a_2@news.tm.net.my> <3D5E7447.5E3EB4DB@san.rr.com> <3d61ff44_1@news.tm.net.my> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 14:57:10 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.75.148.61 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.socal.rr.com 1029855430 66.75.148.61 (Tue, 20 Aug 2002 07:57:10 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 07:57:10 PDT Organization: RoadRunner - West Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:28246 Date: 2002-08-20T14:57:10+00:00 List-Id: Adrian Hoe wrote: > The problem with software is that when you are still using it, it has > value on your book. The moment you stop using it, the value becomes null. Which, as I said, just means you don't understand what accountants use depreciation for. Depreciation doesn't keep track of how much remaining value the software has. Depreciation keeps track of how much of the money you spent to buy the software was spent to make the money you made using that software this year. If you spend $10K on a package that you use for 10 years, you depreciate it $1K per year (in simple formulations), not because after 3 years the software is only worth $7K. That's irrelevant. What's relevant is that if you depreciated the entire package in the first year, you'd have an inbalance in your profit vs expense calculations. Not all $10K of that software purchase was spent in order for you to make the money from it the first year. Depreciation has nothing, nada, zippo, zilch to do with how much the thing you bought is still worth, and everything to do with how long you use it. You don't think accountants should tell engineers what software to use. Why would you, as an engineer, think you should tell accountants how to control the spending of money? -- Darren New San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand. ** http://images.fbrtech.com/dnew/ ** Try our EbolaBurgers... So tender they melt in your mouth.