[wp-hackers] Amount of estimated developer-hours in Wordpress?

[Adriaan Pelzer]

Ah - thanks. This is quite doable, and relatively accurate, I think.
Accurate enough for a very rough argument!

Thanks a lot ...


Adriaan Pelzer
RAAK Ltd
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On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 5:21 PM, Chris Williams <chris at clwill.com> wrote:

> In the classic "Mythical Man Month" Brooks estimated 10 lines of code per
> developer per day.  That's clearly wildly dependent on the project, but may
> be a good place to start.  Just count lines, call each one an hour and go
> from there.
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Adriaan Pelzer <adriaan at wewillraakyou.com>
> Subject: [wp-hackers] Amount of estimated developer-hours in Wordpress?
>
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know the estimated amount of developer hours in Wordpress
> (latest release, no themes or plugins).
> I want to use this in an argument of platform-based vs bespoke.
>
> Adriaan Pelzer
> RAAK Ltd
> http://www.wewillraakyou.com
> +4478 7978 1743
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