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If SpaceX can put the costs to launch a satellite into orbit on their website, then you'd think that enterprise software companies would be able to price their

If SpaceX can put the costs to launch a satellite into orbit on their website, then you'd think that enterprise software companies would be able to price their software ...... By the way SpaceX is my favourite company of all time. Elon Musk is living my 6 year old self's dream (actually my dream is still pretty similar, just haven't got their yet ;p )

goatforce5 15y ago
Can I get a 30 day free trial of one of their launch vehicles?
- StavrosK 15y ago
  Yes, but you have to arrange for a call and watch a short spaceinar.
  - stcredzero 15y ago
    I may have to name a villain in a video game "Spacinar."
driverdan 15y ago
That was one of the first things I thought about too. Transparency helps everyone. If a space company can do it so can your SaaS company.
protomyth 15y ago
Heck, at this point I'd accept a particular enterprise software company shipping a one click update program instead of 10 pages of instructions and 720,621 lines of PL/SQL that I need to run against the Oracle database. // that is the exact line count from "wc -l" - I am not joking
- zschallz 15y ago
  But then we couldn't charge you for training and consulting.
  - protomyth 15y ago
    That does seem to be the prevailing attitude in enterprise software. I cannot help but look at the history of the big 3 Detroit automakers and their love of using service and support as a revenue source. It bit them pretty badly when Honda came along and made cars that didn't need the repairs. I look at the example of the automakers every time someone tells me the proper business model for software is give away the program and charge for support, consulting, and training. I would much rather pay for software that I never have to call support about.
    - zschallz 15y ago
      Agreed, but that's not quite how it works in Enterprise software, I think. Enterprise software is developed to cover a wide spectrum of businesses whose business rules, etc differ greatly. Because of this it's hard to make a product that "just works" for every organization. That's why CIOs buy support and consulting contracts. :)
      - protomyth 15y ago
        The one we are using (names withheld to protect the guilty) is being used in a turnkey manner. No customization or custom code, just the base functionality. It is the pure gall of shipping a sql file as an update that is longer than most programs.

goatforce5 15y ago

Can I get a 30 day free trial of one of their launch vehicles?

StavrosK 15y ago
Yes, but you have to arrange for a call and watch a short spaceinar.
- stcredzero 15y ago
  I may have to name a villain in a video game "Spacinar."

driverdan 15y ago

That was one of the first things I thought about too. Transparency helps everyone. If a space company can do it so can your SaaS company.

protomyth 15y ago

Heck, at this point I'd accept a particular enterprise software company shipping a one click update program instead of 10 pages of instructions and 720,621 lines of PL/SQL that I need to run against the Oracle database. // that is the exact line count from "wc -l" - I am not joking

zschallz 15y ago
But then we couldn't charge you for training and consulting.
- protomyth 15y ago
  That does seem to be the prevailing attitude in enterprise software. I cannot help but look at the history of the big 3 Detroit automakers and their love of using service and support as a revenue source. It bit them pretty badly when Honda came along and made cars that didn't need the repairs. I look at the example of the automakers every time someone tells me the proper business model for software is give away the program and charge for support, consulting, and training. I would much rather pay for software that I never have to call support about.
  - zschallz 15y ago
    Agreed, but that's not quite how it works in Enterprise software, I think. Enterprise software is developed to cover a wide spectrum of businesses whose business rules, etc differ greatly. Because of this it's hard to make a product that "just works" for every organization. That's why CIOs buy support and consulting contracts. :)
    - protomyth 15y ago
      The one we are using (names withheld to protect the guilty) is being used in a turnkey manner. No customization or custom code, just the base functionality. It is the pure gall of shipping a sql file as an update that is longer than most programs.