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Why Does Software Cost So Much?

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by scylla • 19 years ago

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Jaggu• 19 years ago

Why in the world I would read 1994 article about software cost? We are in 2007 - you shouldn't even try to compare.

Goladus• 19 years ago

Well, if the article is good enough then it shouldn't matter when it was written. Old==Bad and New==Good can get you pretty confused.

run4yourlives• 19 years ago

heh, have you looked at what the enterprise is paying for software?

Insanity.

edw519• 19 years ago

As much as I like DeMarco, I have never agreed with his argument here.

The reason software costs so much is that most people DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

That's why, in our industry, things don't gradually get better. They become obsolete and get leapfrogged.

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