I've stated frequently that we got bought out by a much larger entity. Our system was chosen to replace the one from the much larger entity. Today, I found out why they didn't put up much of a fight.
We asked for some documentation on how certain transitions were to be handled. We received a directory dump containing a whole bunch of stuff - everything except what we needed. However, in that directory were two huge indicative files.
One was a 1000+ page code review (of the system being replaced) written by some consulting company, which essentially slammed the system as a big cut-n-paste farce.
Another was a Visio diagram allegedly depicting a flowchart. Mind you, the system comprised a couple dozen subsystems. Was there one flow chart for each subsystem, and then a high level block diagram? No. It was one giant mother of all flowcharts for all of the systems. Every module. Every function. Every procedure call. Every sql statement. Every if-statement. A note in one corner indicating that primary keys weren't really primary, as they were not unique within or across subsystems - duplicates were allowed. So many nodes I couldnt count them all. Lines going everywhere. Five feet on a side. My box has 2GB of ram, and couldn't load the sucker. We had to scavange a pc to get 4 GB into my box. Once loaded, every time you tried to scroll, the PC would quake trying to do a refresh.
Perhaps TRWTFTM is that the consulting company tried to shrink it down to include it in a powerpoint presentation summarizing the big document. The page had no white space on it.
Sorry, there's no way to anonymize this monstrosity, so I can't post the image.
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