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		comicjk on Oct 12, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Microsoft Word must die $100K is one developer-year... I would expect it to cost at least a hundred times that.

toomuchtodo on Oct 12, 2013 [–]

In the US. You can find developers, good developers, for cheaper than that outside of major metro areas in the US, Europe, etc.

sliverstorm on Oct 12, 2013 | [–]

Little factors of 2-3x are not the issue here. It's the ten years with a thousand developers that really drive the cost.

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