Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Mid-Price software the best...

Beware of mid-priced software :

With most kinds of merchandise, the middle of the price range is the best deal. For half the maximum price, or less, you get more than half the maximum quality. Here's my subjective impression of how it works for computers (where the $500 Wal-Mart special is awfully close to the $2000 custom system), cars, and precision optical instruments (which are labor-intensive):

But several recent experiences have convinced me software doesn't work that way.

"First, software is all design, not manufacturing. Once you've made one copy, almost no labor is needed to make a million just like it. So everything depends on the work done by one person or a small team. "

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