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> "shrink-wrapped" software, which largely doesn't exist anymore Except every commercial operating system, any enterprise network or security appliance (physic
by rrrix1 3y ago
> "shrink-wrapped" software, which largely doesn't exist anymore
Except every commercial operating system, any enterprise network or security appliance (physical or virtual), software for hardware (firmware, drivers), or pretty much any other software that isn't implicitly on or connected to the internet.
A few companies who might find this tax paradigm beneficial come to mind: Microsoft, Apple, IBM, Cisco, Intel, NVIDIA... Just to name a few.
I generally agree with the overall sentiment; except the ways in which software is being built and delivered is changing by expansion, but not necessarily changing by replacement.
- GeneralMayhem 3y agoEvery commercial operating system, and the driver for many consumer components (especially video cards), receives - and are expected by consumers to receive - regular updates for a number of years, and requires constant attention to detect and address security flaws. For the average user, Windows is not all that much less of a SaaS than any web app at this point.
- mcny 3y agoExactly. The guidance from Microsoft is to literally stop using a version of windows ideally before and definitely no later than it stops getting security updates.
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