Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ginosko!usc!apple!farrier From: farrier@Apple.COM (Cary Farrier) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: FST question Message-ID: <4456@internal.Apple.COM> Date: 29 Sep 89 07:30:49 GMT References: <8909222101.AA06013@trout.nosc.mil> Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA Lines: 14 In article <8909222101.AA06013@trout.nosc.mil> lvirden@pro-tcc.cts.com (Larry Virden) writes: >I have a question for the Apple folks. Could someone give us a man-hour >estimate on how much time it took to write the CD-ROM FST? Remember that the FST took more than just the development time, there was also the need to test it thoroughly. Taking that into account, the High Sierra FST required (approximately) 1.5 years of manpower: 6 months of development, and 6 months of concurrent testing and development (6+6+6 = 18 mos). -- +--------------+-------------------------+ | Cary Farrier | farrier@apple.com | +--------------+-------------------------+