The price of software is going to zero

(blog.sledgeworx.dev)

2 points | by Sevii 11 hours ago ago

4 comments

  • RetroTechie 9 hours ago

    The cost of coding [something] (that may or may not serve purposes) is approaching 0. That doesn't mean code is (or came) cheap.

    I'm reminded of a quote I heard recently, concerning military drones: "hardware becoming cheaper & cheaper. Software that controls it, becoming more & more expensive".

    Read: opening a can of pre-coded stuff is 'free'. But: the engineering effort that went into that existing code, and the effort required to improve that, is on a hockey-stick curve.

  • brady_bastian 11 hours ago

    the price of shitty software is

    • lopsotronic 11 hours ago

      Value proposition of an awful lot of Enterprise Software is evaluated only in hindsight, and on an institutional tidal wave of "Industry Standard!", FOMO, and all-expensed "Technical Forums".

      "Good" is optional in the land of the ERP. Or even "not-gut-rippingly awful"

      I suspect we're about to see some interesting days in the alphabet soup of PDM, PLM, ERP, MBSE, PIM, DMS, FMEA, CRM, SRM, ILS, IPS, QMS, LSA, TDM . .

    • albertsons 8 hours ago

      Most companies do not appreciate quality code in my experience. Non-tech anyway.