On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:20 PM, tedd <tedd.sperling@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi gang: > > Several years ago I was involved in a court case where a programmers work > was being evaluated to establish a dollar amount for the work done. > > The case was a dispute where the client wanted money back from a programmer > for a discontinued project. The programmer simply wanted to be paid for the > work he had done. This wasn't a case where anyone had done anything wrong, > but rather a circumstance where two parties were trying to figure out who > was due what. > > You see, the original client had been taken over by another company who put > a halt to the project the programmer was working on. The new company claimed > that because the project wasn't finished, then the programmer should pay > back all the money he was paid up-front to start the project. However, while > the project had not been finished, the programmer had indeed worked on the > project for several months. > > The programmer stated he wanted to paid his hourly rate. But the new client > stated that the up-front money paid had been based upon a bid and not an > hourly rate. So, they were at odds as to what to do. > > The solution in this case was to place a dollar amount on the actual "lines > of code" the programmer wrote. In other words, they took all of programmers > code and actually counted the lines of code he wrote and then agreed to a > specific dollar amount to each line. In this case, the programmer had > written over 25,000 lines of code. What do you think he was paid? > > And with all of that said, what dollar amount would you place on your "line > of code"? > > Cheers, > > tedd > > -- > ------- > http://sperling.com/ > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > I bet it wasn't much., $.10 (ten cents) per line? -- Bastien Cat, the other other white meat -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
