Board:   [DeveloperNet] DeveloperNet General
Subject: Software Business Type
From:    jagossel
Date:    Fri Dec 22, 2017 13:19

  Re: Software Business Type
  By: Nightfox to jagossel on Thu Dec 21 2017 11:26 pm

 >  ja> Many months ago, I have thought about the business nature of software
 >  ja> development. I came to realize it's one a few of the career choices tha
 >  ja> is both an industry and a service (depending on what is being done and
 >  ja> end goal).
 >
 >  ja> Is software the one business that can be both, or are there others?
 >  ja> Thoughts?
 >
 > When you say 'service', are you referring to software-as-a-service, where yo
 > pay a regular fee (monthly/annually/etc.) to use the software?  If that's th
 > case, I don't really see a distinction between that and the software
 > "industry".  It's just another part of the software industry.  If you go int
 > softwaredevelopment as a career, you'd still be developing software - How t
 > software is sold (as a one-time payment or as an ongoingservice) is just a
 > technical matter of how the revenue comes in.

What I mean is software development is done as either to produce a product
(like in my case, building a licensable product for people to buy and use), or
as a service to the client (likeconsulting).

-jag
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