> He would be wrong with those claims, too. No he isn't. His point is that some potential business models need $X amount of software engineering work to have a

> He would be wrong with those claims, too. No he isn't. His point is that some potential business models need $X amount of software engineering work to have a viable product, has a potential customer base of $Y, and the market will bear a price of $P for the software. Gross income is $Y * $P. All else being equal as SWEs get more expensive the amount of $X you can get drops. If that puts you below the threshold for a viable product and your business doesn't have the power to raise $P then you don't have a viable business. This is obviously a simplistic example but the principle still holds.