Contemplating Pay As You Go

摘要

APICS magazine received a lot of reader feedback about "Unraveling Software-as-a-Service Spin," an article in the November/December 2008 issue, which discussed Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). I thought I'd take a moment to offer my thoughts on the matter. rnIn the early days of enterprise computing, the hardware was so expensive that only the largest companies could afford to buy their own systems. Demand for computing capability led to the emergence of the timesharing industry, wherein a business could rent computer time, paying only for what was used. However, that trend essentially disappeared when the cost of computers came to within reach of the mainstream user.