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Software is trivial to make, it should rightly have no value.
by beecafe 4y ago
Software is trivial to make, it should rightly have no value.
- jqpabc123 4y agoHave you ever developed software? It consumes the most precious, valuable thing you will ever have --- your time. Time is more valuable then money --- you can always get more money but you can never get more time. *Your* time may not have any value --- but mine does.
- beecafe 4y agoEverything takes time. Something has (exchange) value if you get given something of value in exchange for it. Something has (intrinsic) value if you value that thing itself to give value in exchange for it, even if nobody else would give it any exchange value. This could be due to scarcity, sentimentality, or rarity. Unless you're deeply sentimental about the software you've produced, it has no value.
- jqpabc123 4y agoEverything takes time. Everything that takes time costs money. Why is software an exception? Try telling a carpenter or an auto technician he shouldn't be paid for his work time because "everything takes time". How did software developers take a left turn at reality? it has no value. I really don't care as long as people pay me for it.
- lupire 4y agoLook up the term "public good".
- JustSomeNobody 4y ago> Software is trivial to make... ... after one has developed countless man-years obtaining knowledge of how to solve complex problems. Actually, you know what? Still not trivial. It's easier for people with the desire to do this type of work. It's easier depending on the domain. But it's not "trivial".
- j1elo 4y agoThat's like saying that words are trivial to write, so books have no value. While it's trivial to write an "if", it's not trivial to know how to write a lot of "ifs" to make an IA that people find useful. And that knowledge is where the value of software resides.