Once everyone is charging a recurring fee, and competition drives those margins down to a "paying for maintenance" amount you have the same problem. Both busin

Once everyone is charging a recurring fee, and competition drives those margins down to a "paying for maintenance" amount you have the same problem. Both business models can work, and both business models can fail. I haven't seen any evidence that SaaS is immune to competitive pricing, which is the issue being described in the post.