[bachmeier]

> I'm guessing the cost of just running this team be quite large and not significantly different from the savings (6M), and add on top of it the overhead of maintenance

I'm guessing they know a lot about their costs, and you know very little. There's little value in insulting the team members like this.

[inoop]

> I'm guessing they know a lot about their costs, and you know very little.

I'm curious what makes you believe the OP doesn't know about cost? They might be director-level at a large tech company with 20+ years experience for all you know...

> There's little value in insulting the team members like this.

I'd argue it's not insulting to question a claim (i.e. 'we saved $6MM') that is offered with little explanation.

[qaq]

Regardless of position at some other company it will tell you precisely 0 about this specific situation.

[szundi]

That was not a nice reply for a non-insult. Do you have anything to add maybe?

[bachmeier]

> That was not a nice reply for a non-insult.

It's an insult if you dismissively explain basic things to the folks working on the project.

[whamlastxmas]

It’s not insulting to speculate in a conversational way around the errors we very very commonly see