Re: How much is mame worth (how much would it have cost to develop if programmers were paid)

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: Yup that's acutally a very modest estimate... if you would include proper licensing for the roms it supports and other factors, it could easily make it past the 6 fig area. Even just the programming.. I would just about double that because of the added problem of backwards engineering absolete technology. : : : Forwarding what I found...... : : : : This is a cost estimation of the MAME, MESS, AdvanceMAME and XMAME projects : : generated using the SLOCCount program by David A. Wheeler. : : (SLOC means "Source Line of Code") : : http://www.dwheeler.com/sloccount/ : : : : MAME 0.57 (CORE+DOS+Windows) : : SLOC Directory SLOC-by-Language (Sorted) : : 350010 drivers ansic=350010 : : 143485 cpu ansic=143485 : : 124779 vidhrdw ansic=124779 : : 44731 top_dir ansic=44685,perl=46 : : 33596 machine ansic=33596 : : 26127 sound ansic=26127 : : 13801 sndhrdw ansic=13801 : : 11032 windows ansic=9529,asm=1503 : : 8947 msdos ansic=8747,asm=200 : : 3509 dbgfonts ansic=3509 : : 1255 includes ansic=1255 : : Totals grouped by language (dominant language first): : : ansic: 759523 (99.77%) : : asm: 1703 (0.22%) : : perl: 46 (0.01%) : : Total Physical Source Lines of Code (SLOC) = 761,272 : : Development Effort Estimate, Person-Years (Person-Months) = 212.15 (2,545.82) : : (Basic COCOMO model, Person-Months = 2.4 * (KSLOC**1.05)) : : Schedule Estimate, Years (Months) = 4.10 (49.22) : : (Basic COCOMO model, Months = 2.5 * (person-months**0.38)) : : Estimated Average Number of Developers (Effort/Schedule) = 51.72 : : Total Estimated Cost to Develop = $ 28,658,831 : : (average salary = $56,286/year, overhead = 2.40). : : : : MESS 0.56 (excluded MAME sources) : : SLOC Directory SLOC-by-Language (Sorted) : : 66782 machine ansic=66782 : : 49471 systems ansic=49471 : : 41045 vidhrdw ansic=41045 : : 32696 cpu ansic=32696 : : 16672 tools ansic=16672 : : 7125 includes ansic=7125 : : 6777 sndhrdw ansic=6777 : : 4399 top_dir ansic=4399 : : 2718 windowsui ansic=2718 : : 2473 sound ansic=2473 : : 2040 formats ansic=2040 : : 1857 windows ansic=1857 : : Totals grouped by language (dominant language first): : : ansic: 234055 (100.00%) : : Total Physical Source Lines of Code (SLOC) = 234,055 : : Development Effort Estimate, Person-Years (Person-Months) = 61.49 (737.90) : : (Basic COCOMO model, Person-Months = 2.4 * (KSLOC**1.05)) : : Schedule Estimate, Years (Months) = 2.56 (30.75) : : (Basic COCOMO model, Months = 2.5 * (person-months**0.38)) : : Estimated Average Number of Developers (Effort/Schedule) = 24.00 : : Total Estimated Cost to Develop = $ 8,306,641 : : (average salary = $56,286/year, overhead = 2.40). : : : : AdvanceMAME/MENU/CAB 0.57.0 (excluded MAME/SVGALIB/MPGLIB sources) : : SLOC Directory SLOC-by-Language (Sorted) : : 72735 advance ansic=51954,cpp=19922,asm=555,yacc=199,lex=102,perl=3 : : 0 doc (none) : : 0 support (none) : : 0 top_dir (none) : : Totals grouped by language (dominant language first): : : ansic: 51954 (71.43%) : : cpp: 19922 (27.39%) : : asm: 555 (0.76%) : : yacc: 199 (0.27%) : : lex: 102 (0.14%) : : perl: 3 (0.00%) : : Total Physical Source Lines of Code (SLOC) = 72,735 : : Development Effort Estimate, Person-Years (Person-Months) = 18.02 (216.29) : : (Basic COCOMO model, Person-Months = 2.4 * (KSLOC**1.05)) : : Schedule Estimate, Years (Months) = 1.61 (19.29) : : (Basic COCOMO model, Months = 2.5 * (person-months**0.38)) : : Estimated Average Number of Developers (Effort/Schedule) = 11.21 : : Total Estimated Cost to Develop = $ 2,434,850 : : (average salary = $56,286/year, overhead = 2.40). : : : : XMAME 0.56.2 (excluded MAME sources) : : SLOC Directory SLOC-by-Language (Sorted) : : 16611 video-drivers ansic=16354,objc=257 : : 10568 contrib ansic=7195,tcl=1818,perl=1278,sh=274,csh=3 : : 6885 top_dir ansic=6733,sh=152 : : 6204 sysdep ansic=6204 : : 673 sound-drivers.old ansic=540,objc=133 : : 656 joystick-drivers ansic=656 : : 244 frameskip-drivers ansic=244 : : 38 doc sh=38 : : 0 cab (none) : : Totals grouped by language (dominant language first): : : ansic: 37926 (90.56%) : : tcl: 1818 (4.34%) : : perl: 1278 (3.05%) : : sh: 464 (1.11%) : : objc: 390 (0.93%) : : csh: 3 (0.01%) : : Total Physical Source Lines of Code (SLOC) = 41,879 : : Development Effort Estimate, Person-Years (Person-Months) = 10.10 (121.15) : : (Basic COCOMO model, Person-Months = 2.4 * (KSLOC**1.05)) : : Schedule Estimate, Years (Months) = 1.29 (15.47) : : (Basic COCOMO model, Months = 2.5 * (person-months**0.38)) : : Estimated Average Number of Developers (Effort/Schedule) = 7.83 : : Total Estimated Cost to Develop = $ 1,363,759 : : (average salary = $56,286/year, overhead = 2.40).

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