Thanks for the input! For the purpose of this post, I didn't make the distinction between services and products, since at their most basic level, they are the s

Thanks for the input! For the purpose of this post, I didn't make the distinction between services and products, since at their most basic level, they are the same. The difference is in business model, not implementation or process. 'build' a in company is a very interesting avenue of thought. It might imply different ways to work on software. Food for thought :) Compilers as factories are something I considered, but for software they are a part of the creation process, not the manufacturing process.