Re:Ask HN: What are the good old ideas that still make money...
by pragmatic on Sunday February 12, 2012 @05:58PM
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1 million times yes to this.
Think Power Builder, etc. Our company has purchased software with a Power Builder front end (mid nineties interface) to an Oracle backend for roughly a million up front and $100,000/yr in licensing.
We've subsequently built a web front end to this app in house.
Sometimes there is no good substitute for clunky software.
Think Power Builder, etc. Our company has purchased software with a Power Builder front end (mid nineties interface) to an Oracle backend for roughly a million up front and $100,000/yr in licensing.
We've subsequently built a web front end to this app in house.
Sometimes there is no good substitute for clunky software.