And source code that was demonstrably older than the binary.
It was written by a contractor, who was blackmailing us for the up-to-date source code.
In an FDA-regulated industry.
How did we deal with it?
We pretending nothing was wrong, and prayed that no show-stoppers would happen. We begged for permission to rewrite, but it was deemed to be too expensive.
And source code that was demonstrably older than the binary.
It was written by a contractor, who was blackmailing us for the up-to-date source code.
In an FDA-regulated industry.
How did we deal with it?
We pretending nothing was wrong, and prayed that no show-stoppers would happen. We begged for permission to rewrite, but it was deemed to be too expensive.
And I left that company as soon as I could.