Comments on: Is commercial off-the-shelf software dying? http://www.upayasoftware.com/2007/06/06/is-commercial-off-the-shelf-software-dying/ Looking for the skillful techniques which make it easier to build software well Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:45:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Kyle A. Woodruff http://www.upayasoftware.com/2007/06/06/is-commercial-off-the-shelf-software-dying/#comment-82 Kyle A. Woodruff Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.upayasoftware.com/2007/06/06/is-commercial-off-the-shelf-software-dying/#comment-82 I don't think that off the shelf commercial software is specifically dying, but it is undergoing a change, into what I don't know. I think commercial software is here to stay but you are going to see some major changes with alot of the major players turning into more of the niche players. I don’t think that off the shelf commercial software is specifically dying, but it is undergoing a change, into what I don’t know. I think commercial software is here to stay but you are going to see some major changes with alot of the major players turning into more of the niche players.

]]> By: Anton Markov http://www.upayasoftware.com/2007/06/06/is-commercial-off-the-shelf-software-dying/#comment-7 Anton Markov Mon, 09 Jul 2007 01:16:55 +0000 http://www.upayasoftware.com/2007/06/06/is-commercial-off-the-shelf-software-dying/#comment-7 As an interesting aside, I attended a talk by Richard Stallman about "Copyright vs. Community" (there is a summary on my site), where he addressed this issue from a different perspective. Fundametally, he agrees that off-the-shelf software is not the future, and he presented both technical and ethical arguments. In an ethical sense, moving away from off-the-shelf software is welcome. How do we define the line between off-the-shelf software and a service? Does the iPod user interface count as a "service" to iPod users or as a software product? It is undoubtfully one of the selling points of the iPod. Furthermore, I doubt there will be a (successful) generic open-source music player platform in the near future, even though many companies write software for music players. As an interesting aside, I attended a talk by Richard Stallman about “Copyright vs. Community” (there is a summary on my site), where he addressed this issue from a different perspective. Fundametally, he agrees that off-the-shelf software is not the future, and he presented both technical and ethical arguments. In an ethical sense, moving away from off-the-shelf software is welcome.

How do we define the line between off-the-shelf software and a service? Does the iPod user interface count as a “service” to iPod users or as a software product? It is undoubtfully one of the selling points of the iPod. Furthermore, I doubt there will be a (successful) generic open-source music player platform in the near future, even though many companies write software for music players.

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