Companies often do - I've worked for shops that *knew* a rewrite was a good idea...

potatolicious on April 26, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Secret No More: Revealing Windows XP Mode for Wind...

Companies often do - I've worked for shops that knew a rewrite was a good idea, and that hacking layers of old API onto their product was a bad idea in the long run.

But management isn't always focused on the long run.