NOW: paradigm shift

[Walter Vaughan]

Ron Kracht wrote:

> You do not correctly understand.

I think the paradigm shift is that some people are quite comfortable with paying 
for support contracts but are unwilling to continue treating and paying for a 
pattern of bits on a disk as if they are physical objects that consume space 
with a relation between consumption and cost to deliver.

Currently the world is in a flux between boxed software mentality, and SAAS.
No one likes change. Niche markets will be able to hold out longer, but 
eventually "the computer is the network" will win out.

Eventally we'll work out a different ways to compensate for the expense of labor 
and return on investment.

--
Walter