Template:Did you know nominations/Software maintenance
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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron talk 06:01, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
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Software maintenance
- ... that maintenance of existing software is estimated to cost more than three times as much as its development? Source: various, see article
Improved to Good Article status by Buidhe (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 247 past nominations.
(t · c) buidhe 00:41, 25 June 2024 (UTC).
The article is new enough (promoted to GA yesteday).- The article is long enough.
- The article is well-sourced, neutral, BLP-compliant, and copyvio-free. Earwig at 4.8%, copyvio unlikely.
- The article is presentable.
- The hook is cited to a reliable source (I assume Ref9 in the article), the source is not linked in the DYK.
- Images are in public domain.
- QPQ done.
Looks good to me. Vacant0 (talk) 11:58, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
- @buidhe and Vacant0:
book doesn't verify claim. It says that three of the four things to spend on are maintenance compared to one for development, and seems to imply that the levels of spending on each should be equal, but doesn't say at all that that's what happens in practice. We could go with the 90% estimate? theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 04:53, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
