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:—Leo Tolstoy, ''Anna Karenina''}} | :—Leo Tolstoy, ''Anna Karenina''}} | ||
{{d|Software as a service|/ˈsɒftweər/ /əz/ /ə/ /ˈsɜːvɪs/|n|}} | |||
The equivalent of selling a warranty on a toaster. Charging a running cost for | The equivalent of selling a warranty on a toaster. Charging a running cost for software which, by reference to its own ''raison d’être'' shouldn’t ''need'' a lot of maintenance, unless you ''built it'' to need maintenance. “[[SAAS]]” to its friends; glorified ''[[rent-seeking]]'' to the poor sods who have it imposed on them, software as a service is the disguised ''re''intermediation of a function by a tool purportedly there to remove it. It is popular as it is the only business model most [[reg tech entrepreneur]]s have managed to figure out. | ||
If your software were any good you would design a [[user interface|user-interface]] easy enough for the [[meatware]] to deal with ''so you didn’t need a service contract''. Right? | If your software were any good you would design a [[user interface|user-interface]] easy enough for the [[meatware]] to deal with ''so you didn’t need a service contract''. Right? | ||
===The [[reg tech]] business model conundrum=== | ===The [[reg tech]] business model conundrum=== | ||
It is a familiar experience amongst buyers of [[reg tech]] and [[legal tech]] that hawked products do fabulously when demonstrated to the [[general counsel]] at the pitch (often by performing some kind of [[magic]] on a pre-prepared [[non-disclosure agreement]]), but underwhelm upon implementation when set upon by the [[morlock]]s who actually need to use them to solve real-life problems. | It is a familiar experience amongst buyers of [[reg tech]] and [[legal tech]] that hawked products do fabulously when demonstrated to the [[general counsel]] at the pitch (often by performing some kind of [[magic]] on a pre-prepared [[non-disclosure agreement]]), but underwhelm upon implementation when set upon by the [[morlock]]s who actually need to use them to solve real-life problems. | ||
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*[[How to test software]] | |||
*[[Blockchain]] | *[[Blockchain]] | ||
*[[Rent-seeking]] | *[[Rent-seeking]] | ||
*[[Reg tech]] | *[[Reg tech]] | ||