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"the interesting lack of fundamental understanding by the general public about software and how complex and expensive it is." The reason why many people have a
by niggler 14y ago
"the interesting lack of fundamental understanding by the general public about software and how complex and expensive it is."
The reason why many people have a good understanding of other complex stuff, like a car, is because they are able to tinker and service it. You can't tinker with the internals of Amazon.com. Without a frame of reference, there's no way to know how complex a system is.
- autarch 14y agoThe amount of stuff you need to sit down at your computer and try to build a "site like Amazon" is pretty trivial. In fact, all you need is a computer and a net connection. You'll discover quite quickly that you can't build Amazon by yourself, but there's little barrier to entry (there's a huge barrier to completion).
- tieTYT 14y agoI don't think that's the reason. I have no idea how to tinker with my car but when my mechanic says it'll take $500 to fix it often seems reasonable.