[eddd]

Difference between oil and software is that you can easily quantify oil (1 barrel) whereas it is tremendously hard to quantify the value of software product.

[sharemywin]

most companies pay by the click.

[eddd]

Well, curl -X POST http:/click.it/pay_me sounds easier than fueling a car.

[mrweasel]

No, that's ad companies you're thinking of. Software companies make money by selling services or shipping a product.

[sharemywin]

Google's a software company last time I checked and most of their money is paid by the click. FYI, if you aren't paying for it your the product.

[mrweasel]

Google is an ad company. 91% of their revenue comes from selling ads. They just happen to be an ad company that started with a successful search engine.

All the amazing software Google develop is to support their ad business, more or less.