As a programmer, I am always interested in the business of software. 99% of the costs of software (whether web-based or "shelf-based") are in development (and not in production), so what would be the business motivation behind replicating an existing successful software. I don't mean migrating (for example if company X clones an incomp...
I am new to mobile content developing, but i want to create a mobile content that would allow mobile phone users buy have a money account on thir mobile phones, this is by using their airtime to turn into some kind of money account they will create on their phone. so they can use that account to do transactions with their mobile phone, a...
My boss says that I shouldn't be counting hours, but I am only getting paid for a full time job 40 hours per week. I don't get it. I could be using the rest of the hours in my day to run a small side business and get more income. However I have noticed other people just working and working whatever hours to hit the deadline. How is this ...
I know this is quite a subjective question ( and is likely to be closed), but I think it would be useful if I ( and the rest of SO!) know how other developers are handling this situation, so I make it a community wiki and hope that it won't be closed. As a software consultant, one must be able to accurately estimate the amount of time n...
Take for instance Yahoo Mail or Twitter. When someone signs up to use their service, they'll need to automatically deploy a new database, application folder and so on - I assume! I am planning to write an PHP application to let people add and edit invoices. Good examples would be Zoho Invoice, http://www.getballpark.com/, etc. They sure...
Hi all, I often see the phrases 'business logic' and 'application logic' in terms of web development (I assume it also applies to programming in general rather than just web development). This is quite new to me so I don't really know what it means, could anyone please explain me what is exactly meant by this? Is it just a 'buzz word'...
I think that most of the advice that comes from 37 Signals is fascinating. I ask this question as i can't help also thinking that the some of the principals will only pull in customers if you have a fan base to call on such as the Ruby On Rails evangilists? ...
I need to integrate my java web application with Tally software. Is it possible? Please provide some idea. ...
I would like to say upfront that i am not a programmer. I'm 1 of 3 partners in a small start up. Two of us have a business and sales background, whilst the third guy is a very experienced Java Programmer/engineer (and a good friend). As with most start ups we believe we'll be the next big website. We have found a opportunity that the "...
I'm a dev in a company, and the software we make is something along the lines of a CRM, but highly specialized for the industry we're in, the company's workflow, and the particular network architecture we have. I hear the following a lot from many business people that get their fingers on software and software development projects: My ...
This question is a follow up to this question, except this is specifically about how to finance a small software development business (one person) without taking a huge loan or venture capital, but rather by financing it from your own savings. Basically, the question is, does it make any sense from a business perspective to start a softw...
What are the essential pointers to keep in mind while understanding Business side of Software ? ...
Is there a good source information on the software business (in US)? In particular, I'm looking for things like: Number of people employed in the software business (not just developers, but support staff as well). Break down by age, sex, etc. of current software developer workforce. Number of businesses whose primary product is softw...
So, I've been out of school for 2 years and working as a programmer and I've decided that my single most goal in my career is to create a start up or work as a consultant/free lance. I've recently accepted a position that will allow me to go back to school if I want. With my goals to create a start up or be a consultant/free lance I'm ...
I want to start a software outsourcing business. I registered it and need to make a professionally looking website. Just one page is OK. I need also to create an email system to send out email from my website email, not gmail or yahoo mail. Can you advise me on the cheapest and fastest way to do it? ...
It's commonly agreed that successful software development is as much about teamwork and communication as it is about individual programming expertise. Given this, one might assume that by operating a geographically distributed team you are at an immediate disadvantage to a tight-knit team all working locally. When my startup company wa...
after some googling-fu on making subscript text in crystal report, i found this, this and numerous others. my question is, how can you know if a problem(or lack of feature) on a certain software is a business case or technical one? a part of me tells that this is a business case(Business Object(SAP?)), they want to squeeze money from ...
The company I work for is redesigning our application in .NET. Our application is sold using the Software as a Service model. We track all of our users actions in the software for reporting purposes (searching for things, downloading assets, completing forms, what is associated with the form they are creating, snap shot of the user's pr...
My website will be basically selling services; will my SEO ranking still be affected if I embed the Flash site in a blank html page? I am at that critical point where I am ready to upload the site but I am just having second thoughts about the ease of doing business with Flash. Thanks. ...
Hi guys, I am starting a new career as freelancer (currently under notice period of employer). I am Java programmer. Loves Java and I am very good in Java (Atleast thats what I think) Now, After looking around.. Domain Host / Peoples (clients/bloggers/website admins).. Java is alien to them. I searched for top 10 hosts.. and guess wha...