[thelist] pricing for reused elements

[Daryl Grant]

--- Andy Warwick <mailing.lists at creed.co.uk> wrote:
> On 2001-11-03 at 20:45, seyon at delime.com (Marc Seyon) wrote:

> So, in your case, I'd look at what the benefit is to client B in providing
your
> solution. If you feel that he can save money if you charge him for 11
hours
> work, and that he is honestly getting a good deal on that, charge him the
full
> 11 hours. He is not just paying for the development and deployment, he is
paying
> for your skill, experience, knowledge and the benefit to him.


Reused code is well tested in multiple environments and situations, making
it more reliable than code that would be written and used in a single,
isolated environment. Because of this, reusing code in future projects would
actually benefit those clients. One must be careful though, becauase if
there is an ugly, hidden bug in the reused code, every project that made use
of it will need to be revisited.


Daryl