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  1. Oct 2023
    1. Total cost of ownership (TCO) addresses the total cost of software development from inception to sun setting. In 2011, the CRASH report stated the total cost of ownership for software code was $18/Line of Code (LOC). Of this, it is generally accepted that the majority of this cost is related to the maintenance of the software after its initial creation, with estimates ranging from 60-90%.

      $18 /LOC