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Software has no intrinsic value. It is harder to convey value of any kind unless it makes life easier somehow. But soon it gets replaced in a cascade of new sol
by ohiovr 4y ago
Software has no intrinsic value. It is harder to convey value of any kind unless it makes life easier somehow. But soon it gets replaced in a cascade of new solutions from the future that are hard to predict.
- jqpabc123 4y agoSo you're telling me that my software doesn't make life easier for my clients? It's pretty obvious that they disagree; otherwise, they wouldn't pay me. My bank account has the proof to the contrary.
- ohiovr 4y agoIt is hard(-er) to convey value of any kind unless it makes life easier somehow.
- chrisseaton 4y agoWhat software doesn’t make life easier? Why would such software ever get built?
- ohiovr 4y agoAdobe Flash and Actionscript 3.0. As for why actionscript 3.0 was made it was built I think Adobe wanted to turn Flash into an application programming language. And it failed pretty badly at this. Actionscript 2.0 had a well defined purpose that is to control animation. But Actionscript 3.0 became a monster that imposed a lot of work to do those basic things and it really did not excel at anything beyond that.
- chrisseaton 4y agoWhy does anyone use them if they don’t make life easier? They must do, otherwise nobody would use them.
- ohiovr 4y agoBecause they are or were fooled like me.
- tremon 4y agoThat's extrinsic value -- the value is derived not from the software itself, but from the gain in quality of life it gives your clients.