The Future of the Software Industry

madro writes "Remember 'Does IT Matter?' a while ago? Nicholas Carr is back with an editorial in today's New York Times following Microsoft's decision to dramatically reduce its cash stash. Carr's take: Microsoft is admitting it can't find better uses for its cash, due to the growing maturation of the software industry. No mention of open source, although Apple's consumer-targeted model of free iTunes driving iPod demand is one listed alternative." Reader CodeArtisan submits another piece about Microsoft's loot distribution, and Newsforge (which is part of OSDN along with Slashdot) has a story about the future of commodity software.

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What future?

[r_j_prahad]

The future of the American software industry is in Mumbai, Maharashtra State, in India. You should learn how to speak Marathi or Hindi before you emigrate from the U.S. We have your Oracle jobs, we have your IBM jobs, we have your SAS and more. There exists excellent healthcare, with our Indian surgeons on par with your Indian surgeons.

Alternatively, I suppose you could simply learn the phrase "would you like fries with that order, sir?"

{grin}