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It should go without saying that fewer bugs is better than more bugs, though.

I'm not saying you should never rewrite a system from scratch. But I do think it's extremely costly to do so, and that it's extremely difficult to predict when you'll be driven out of business if you don't. So I don't think it's usually justifiable.

I'd be very interested if someone could supply an example of a company that was put out of business because they failed to re-write their product.



If you already saw a threat, then by the time you finish re-writing it, wouldn't you be dead?


Depends how well you can see the threat horizon.




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