Re:The Cost of Developers
by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @08:22AM
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I think you'd be surprised how few companies that aren't SV startups actually give a damn about the cloud. "Oh, you want to charge me a subscription to use software I already own and host all my data and critical infrastructure somewhere where I don't have direct control over it? And it costs more? Where do I sign up!?"
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Re:The Cost of Developers
by scarface74 on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @08:31AM
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The last company that I worked for was the stodgiest, old school non SV company that you could find.
They paid software as a service companies for everything from project management, human resource related software, mobile device management, email, they had Office 365, etc.
Most new internal software is being written using web technologies. Even if they are hosting the apps themselves. They want thier employees to be able to access their bespoke apps remotely without logging into a Citrix Server.
Re:The Cost of Developers
by vinceguidry on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @08:37AM
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This is disingenuous, the big software outfits have entire teams of people to ensure their price points are reflective of existing market offerings. They'll raise prices when they can, and slightly lower them when they're looking to make a play like this. Nothing about the cloud makes this dance any different, we're still using the same steps and beat, just to an internet jukebox.