[cbetz]

there is a fundamental difference between software for sale and software as a service when it comes to this debate. the economic efficiency math is much different for licensed software because more than one company is using it.

[edw519]

"the economic efficiency math is much different for licensed software because more than one company is using it"

So is the risk.

Nothing drives customers crazier than a slow system because someone else is having a busy day.

I spent my first 10 years decoupling applications from each other because independence was more important than economies of scale. Now we're swinging back the other way. Hopefully, we will have learned something this time.