Is The Software Industry Dead?

A reader writes:" Ok. So I'm about to graduate and then I come across this story: Do Software Firms Have Bright Future? None other than Larry Ellison of Oracle thinks that the best is behind us and that software is a dead industry. What does the rest of slashdot think? Will that shiney new degree be worthless? " I think it's safe to say that it's not dead - but that the times it once had aren't going to return; e.g. tulip blubs sell well, but not like they used to.

Comments

Re:No, it isn't dead

[Anonymous Coward]

Then compete - don't sit there and complain. If someone in India can do the job for a quarter of the price you can, either charge elss or do a job four times better to justify your ridiculously high rate - it is as simple as that.

Re:No, it isn't dead

[Overd0g]

Complaining to the open source propeller heads about low salaries, when they essentially work for free, doesn't make any sense. If you're willing to code for nothing, I believe you can still undercut the Indians.

Re: Mohammad Al-Sahaf informs YOU!!!

[Anonymous Coward]

US dogs (productivity is 0.5) can code for oil
in Iraq.

the fertile crescent is already regarded as next silicon valley, and oil will sponsor free projects (like kazaa and edonkey).

code for oil, oil for code

M. Al-Sahaf

Re:Pointy-Haired Business Droids Killed it

[NDPTAL85]

You AREN'T any different than machinists on an assembly line.