Saving 3 man hours is important to us. But, it would depend on what I saved and how much it cost me. For instance, if the 3 man hours were spent acquiring knowledge that I could potentially use later, I often spend the time to acquire this knowledge (of course, depending on the value of the knowledge.) If it's related to something that you are refering to (a feature that doesn't work -- a feature that doesn't work and looks like it'll never work, historical record of a system) then I try to stop asap and attempt to recoup the investment. brad