Product or service?
Author: Bertrand Meyer compiled: SnowedForest (SnowedForest@263.net)
Mr. Rektor, respectful colleagues, ladies, gentlemen: Cheng Meng everyone to participate in the inauguration speech of Professor ORDinarius from my software engineering, I am very honored. Today, I want to discuss a question that plasmid many famous people for many years and involves the nature of our work: Software is the product or service?
Judge's answer
Obviously, in legal software is a product, not a service. If a person cannot realize this, he must have a Walkure * that is riding a fly hum in the past 20 years. The reason why this answer is only one: The software has copyright, and even patents can be obtained. Does anyone have you heard that the copyright is available? If the software is a service, you should be new every time you start this kind of service. (But) no service, there is no service.
This definition software is not suitable. You bring a software to your users, then he runs over and over again, this is not the matter you or your company. (It should be) as much as possible to link it with the service - I have been thinking about this issue when I have a few good colleagues, I have been thinking about this. I told the old waiter Hans, which is the same as what he is engaged in: I like his service, but I prefer the product (wine) he offer. After I took another cup of wine, I pointed out: I don't have the service he provided, I can't use his product. I have used some strategies, do some retreat, in exchange for him to give me another copy of his product, then answer ... In fact, how do I answer, I can't remember, I know It is, I have been lying in bed later, thinking about products and services ...
From law, the software is of course a service. Everyone is very clear, except for some of the 20 years of flying dutchmen (*) that has been sailed on the ship that has lost the direction. Take a patent as an example. Amazon has successfully applied for the one-click purchasing technology, making Barnes and Noble to use similar things. They have never stated that Barnes and Noble copied their products (as far as I know, another programming language used in their technology, and there may be a completely different algorithm internally). It is enough to make the court convinced that the special procedure seen by Barnes and Noble and the browsing experience on Amazon is enough. This ultimately proves that in law, the software is a service. In addition to giving Amazon patents, the court is there?
Then, from the legal perspective, the software is indeed a product **. I mean, it is a service. Sorry, it is my monitor. My speech may be hesitant, but my idea is clear. Just (because) I have stayed here on the way to celebrate my appointment, where Moselwein is good, there is time to taste. Don't forget to point Trocknen because another is too sweet. But no matter what kind of dessert and spirits will not affect my professional analysis capability. Indeed, from commercial, software is also a product. What makes Microsoft become a giant? The same is true for their products: Windows, Office, Project, Visio. Oracle. Modern software pioneers not only include Microsoft, including Borland, which developed previous Turbo Pascal, Lotus1-2-3, and some other companies. The modern software industry is the beginning from IBM's 1970s. At that time, IBM's mode as a service mode was one-time to pay for all software costs. Of course, let's take a look at the successful software company like EDS, CAP GEMINI, and Accenture, which is enough to understand that software is indeed a service. They want to be "app service providers." In French, the phrase "Software Studio" is Société de Services *, which is never accidental. They are software companies, but if you ask them what they do every day, they will tell you that they have more and less energy in programming. Some people will say that this will also explain this, but I am not criticizing our respected (software). The key to the problem is that the service is already the core of their business, and many of them try to avoid anything related to the sale of services. I refer to (sell) products. Oracle's large company knows this: its supervisor will tell you, (Oracle) to run integrated solutions for users in the future - user avoiding and any product and product versions, configuration, platform, error correction, and upgrade The things are in contact.
Empireism of culture
Another truly aware of the software is a service-based group is a famous software industry. Of course, I refer to Gun. They provide a compiler for free download, which makes it in this area where they have succeeded, in addition to service, there is no more space left to other business models. There is no C / C market in the UNIX field: all are GCC. Do you ask if it is still a disadvantage? Extras. No matter who, I want to get (C / C ) compiler, but this compiler has not really improved many years. Why do monopolists want to find trouble? (Because) In the service-oriented industry, it is not a good thing to produce a better new product for business development.
The rich people who like to take risks are well versed. They have a talker for any conversation with the production tool, because no one cares about this. This situation has reached an extent of ridiculousness. Even in the current economic development, each company asks the developers, and a development tool that spends $ 3000 will violently jump. The cost of good tools is doubled from the developer pay salary and commissioning cost. (Product) Extension The push market seems to be like the potential consumers and supporters. In the service industry, production investment is an overchair. In the discussion on how to deal with the lack of developers, everyone provides the legal psychology and providing the developers to keep their trucks, but no one mentioned the obvious one: Good products can be reduced Developer.
The product is also another example of the service is the transition of PostScript to PDF, which is called extraction in the Adobe world. The name sounds good. You can buy a Distiller product from Adobe, or you can submit your subscription based on web services to Adobe to extract your personal files. There has been a winery in our town, where you can bring cherries to make your own cherry wine, which is of course payable. Although there are a few bottles of wine in Hans, (but I still have to say), your own wine is much better than commercial raw materials. Many product sellers like Adobe use their products as a service. It is economically, what is the way from law to avoid Peter, Paul and Ludwig start the same service after they use the product on their site? This is an interesting question. Of course, they don't have the original seller as easy (online), but spend more money to create a Pear-to-Peer system similar to Napster allows customers to find their site faster. However, for most companies-oriented companies, this transformation to the service looks also the trend of the time. According to reporters - Although not the company itself - Microsoft's .NET is transforming to so-called software service models, MSDN is also a force.
If Microsoft really thinks, it is wrong, because there is a guy from Australia, named SZyperski (Clemens to His Friends), he has pushed this idea in software - based on the development of components, this is his call law. Madam, I still don't want to answer questions. This is my time, don't interrupt my inaugal speech. I can't hear what you are talking about. what? SZYPERSKI is not Australian? Worse, I still want to have a good SHIRAZ compliment on him? Ok. Not everything is Australia. SZYPERSKI claims that we should establish an independent, scalable component. This seems to be in conjunction with the current popularity as a service. He really knows something that Microsoft doesn't know. I hope that they (Microsoft) can hear his opinion. Mr., can I wait until I finish. Do you say CLEMENS facts work for Microsoft? Go figure *.
Final result
From the facial expression (You Resemble the Party Guests in Die Fledermaus when, I will know that you will find that I will now talk about the final frontier - technology. Here you must confirm my topic. Technically, software is also a service **, I refer to the product. After all, I belong to the person who is "software engineering" charge, and the flag shout. All our careers, our whole people have dedicated to the establishment of a technical foundation for a real engineering discipline. If this sentence sounds a bit like a high-profile, then this is the same as other project construction, the real technology is the weight of software engineering. Of course, it is often used in engineering, but it is based on the infrastructure of the product and often comes from this foundation. To a certain extent, I think I can say this: After decades of hard work, we have begun to successfully imitate our predecessors, and if our software development is better than 10 years, 20 years or even 30 years ago If you are level, it is at least in some program because we use a better development tool. Nowadays, as a future development path, just like "PLISNER QUELL! *" In the center of the crowded street.
As I said - I think this is what I am talking about, the service will always be in the dominant position. In the history of software, (people) have tried to treat software structures as nails and wooden boards (such things), deny their creativity or even art. Since Automatic Programming, a masterpiece like compilation and later COBOL is produced for the first time. Later, there was a report generator and "fourth generation language". Later, I had "Egoless Programming". Object Technology - If there is no standardized small product, what is Classes? There is also component technology. It is programmers and their services to chase with all of these dreams make softwares have a vitality and can run, at least in a certain stage, although this is also related to the manager of the product production line with new products. Then the conclusion is clear. We borrow this game, and the result is as clear as a glass of wine. Speaking of wine, our faithful Birgit hinted to me that he was ready, I am thirsty, I can celebrate the ultimate solvement of this thorns in the faculty club and everyone.
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** is the author "Mr.", The later author has explained.
