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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: STL, Ada, C++ (Was Re: The Next Microsoft?)
Date: 2000/05/08
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In article
<Pine.BSF.4.21.0005080941230.24665-100000@shell5.ba.best.com>,
  Brian Rogoff <bpr@shell5.ba.best.com> wrote:
> I've heard similar statistics before, but I wonder how the
> cost estimation is done, and if it is biased towards certain
> kinds of software.

The figure obviously varies with the kind of software. 70% is
the lowest figure I have ever heard quoted, most measurements
are in the 80-90% range.

(I would think that Y2K remediation has pushed many fiscal
programs into the 95-99% range :-)


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