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A lawn mover still has cost after the initial purchase. You need to buy oil and gas, fix minor issues, etc, and at some point it dies and you need to buy a new
by GBKS 14y ago
A lawn mover still has cost after the initial purchase. You need to buy oil and gas, fix minor issues, etc, and at some point it dies and you need to buy a new one. Similarly, software needs to be maintained. Except, somebody else maintains (and even improves) it for you, and they need to make a living as well.
- Tloewald 14y agoNot true. Software should work without any oil or maintenance (modulo bugs). Consumables are a lousy argument. My computer uses electricity, the money I pay for it doesn't go to the software developers any more than the gas money goes to the lawnmower manufacturer.
- ebiester 14y agoThe maintenance is keeping compatibility with current versions of the operating system. I'm starting to become a fan of base module free/low cost + pay per extra feature.
- jarek 14y ago> The maintenance is keeping compatibility with current versions of the operating system. Back in my days, operating systems kept compatibility with applications. If you want it the other way around, you'll have to pay more for the application, one way or another.
- ebiester 14y agoEh, Apple has had an issue with this historically.