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 01:52:43 PST Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 17:34:08 +0800 From: Adrian Hoe User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i586; en-US; rv:0.9.4.1) Gecko/20020314 Netscape6/6.2.2 X-Accept-Language: en-us 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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: mlk-195-93.tm.net.my X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: mlk-195-93.tm.net.my Message-ID: <3d61ff44_1@news.tm.net.my> X-Trace: news.tm.net.my 1029832516 mlk-195-93.tm.net.my (20 Aug 2002 16:35:16 +0800) Organization: TMnet Malaysia Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp.abs.net!newsfeed.cwix.com!news1.tm.net.my Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:28237 Date: 2002-08-20T17:34:08+08:00 List-Id: Darren New wrote: > "John R. Strohm" wrote: > >>That is probably not unreasonable. Are you going to use that same software >>for more than 5 years? Or are you going to upgrade or replace it? >> > > Exactly. This just goes to show that engineers often don't even understand > the most basic of accounting terms, like what "depreciation" means. > > Software has either 0% or 100% depreciation. Why 0%? Because software doesn't have wear and tear. SOme software may even run for 10 years or longer, like those legacy software. In fact, its value increases at time because of maintenance. Why 100%? COTS like productivity software (eg. M$ Office) will become obsolete in 1-2 years time when new version is released. Can you sell it as 2nd hand??? (But it is still working) 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. -- type Dmitry is new Adrian; -- Adrian Hoe -- http://adrianhoe.com -- Remove *nospam* to email