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From: beyer@houxs.UUCP (J.BEYER)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: A Cynic's Guide, part 1
Message-ID: <766@houxs.UUCP>
Date: 9 Mar 88 13:32:42 GMT
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Summary: Maintenance vs. Enhancements
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When I used to be in hardware, the term 'maintenance' was used exclusively
for repairing something that broke. 'Enhancements' were not charged to a
maintenance budget, but to future engineering budget. In software, it seems
that Enhancements and continuing engineering are [I believe] mistakenly
charged to maintenance. This seems unfair.