Re: [News] Paying for Software Acquisition -- Antiquated Notion

["Ian Semmel" <anyoneNOJUNK@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
news:1209182.GFnhHynWJU@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Does Anyone Buy Software Anymore?
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Big shifts are taking place in the software industry. For most of
> | its history, software has been bought much like a load of bread: you
> | buy it, consume it, then at a later date you buy some more.
> |
> | But this model is fading. Large companies, who get some (or much) or
> | their software on a license basis, are moving away from purchasing
> | software. Models like software as service (SaaS), renting rather
> | than buying, are fundamentally altering the software business.
> | Also tipping the apple cart are open source and wireless
> | applications.
> `----
>
> http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/netsys/article.php/3647966

And he concludes ...

"So massive changes are overtaking the software industry, yet the old basics 
of quality and customer service are still major factors. But a desire to 
stick with the known and established might be the most powerful force of 
all".

Sometimes I wonder if you read the stories associated with the headlines you 
quote. If you do, you must be doing this newsgroup as a fulltime activity.