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What about if you replace 'custom software' with 'custom car'? Then it would sound about right again... ;)

• netcan 14y ago
  That would defeat the whole point of the analogy which is to compare to something familiar. Nobody is familiar with buying "custom cars" Custom houses is something that people are familiar with. It's an incredibly stressful and unpredictable undertaking for most people. But compared to custom software, its nothing. A custom house might cost 20% more than what was expected. It might take twice as long. Software might cost 2000% more than expected and the end result might be nothing like what the buyer though they were going to get.