> He ordered a complete rewrite of the software in a different language. He hired contractors since we had no in house skills in the new language.
Ignoring for a moment the rest of it: What was the end state supposed to be? Like, pretend the rewrite went perfectly - now what? You still have nobody in-house that knows the language, let alone being familiar with the codebase!
Ignoring for a moment the rest of it: What was the end state supposed to be? Like, pretend the rewrite went perfectly - now what? You still have nobody in-house that knows the language, let alone being familiar with the codebase!