software pricing
One of the side effects of using the iPhone App store so much is that it's started to fundamentally alter my perception of software pricing. So many excellent iPhone applications are either free, or no more than a few bucks at most. That's below the threshold
programming languages
Remember that Stack Overflow thing we've been working on? Some commenters on a recent Hacker News article questioned the pricing of Stack Exchange -- essentially, a hosted Stack Overflow: Seems really pricey for a relatively simple software like this. Someone write an open source alternative? it looks like
software development
In this era of pervasive broadband, I'm constantly surprised how often I am forced to buy a physical CD or DVD to obtain the software I want. Physical distribution methods have their place, but they should be on the decline by now. Software is best distributed digitally through
creative commons
Cory Doctorow is releasing his new novel under a creative commons license. As with my first and second novels, I've posted the entire text of this book online under a Creative Commons license that allows the unlimited, noncommercial redistribution of the text. You can send it around, paste
enterprise software
After nearly four years working for a Fortune 50 company, I am now completely convinced that the term “Enterprise,” as applied to software, is synonymous with “crappy.” Clearly, I’m not the only guy to notice the apparently linear price to bug ratio in the so-called “Enterprise” software I’ve