Comment Re:Software doesn't cost a lot!! (Score 0) 265
Cars don't last a long time out of the box. You also have to compare regular maintenance: fluid checks, fuel, brake pads, etc. vs. software version upgrades, bug fixes, tweaks, etc. If we ignore all this, a car would last about 300 km before I run out of fuel, about 2 weeks worth of driving for me. I still have a bare Windows95 machine that's useful.
However, comparing the cost effectiveness of cars and software is still difficult because you'd have to hammer out the values of raw materials and time spent for both. It gets pretty complicated, and don't forget shipping costs and supply. We can probably get away with assuming that the time saved using cars about the same as the time saved using software.
Maybe somebody will work out all the numbers, but perhaps software prices are better compared to something like other software... which seems like what everybody is doing... uh... seems like MS Windows, having a price that's infinitely greater than Linux, is pretty damn expensive.
However, comparing the cost effectiveness of cars and software is still difficult because you'd have to hammer out the values of raw materials and time spent for both. It gets pretty complicated, and don't forget shipping costs and supply. We can probably get away with assuming that the time saved using cars about the same as the time saved using software.
Maybe somebody will work out all the numbers, but perhaps software prices are better compared to something like other software... which seems like what everybody is doing... uh... seems like MS Windows, having a price that's infinitely greater than Linux, is pretty damn expensive.
