Re: Practice: Pay-Per-Use

An article from Fortune, "Execs tell software makers: 'Some of you are doomed'".
http://www.fortune.com/fortune/fastforward/0,15704,1058043,00.html

But in there is a little blurb about a desire for a subscription model
rather than large, expensive projects:

"Intuit's Cook summarized the trends driving customers' demands:
having a return to simplicity; getting the right product right out of
the box; and being able to buy software on demand—or in other words,
software available as a service, not a product."

(Diana Larsen pointed this article out on the Scrum lists).

On 5/4/05, Kent Beck <kentb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> With pay-per-use systems, you charge for every time the system is used.
> Money is the ultimate feedback. [...]
>   Even if you can't implement pay-per-use, you might be able to go to a
> subscription model, in which software is purchased monthly or quarterly.

-- 
   Bill Wake  William.Wake@xxxxxxx  www.xp123.com


 
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