{"id":1452,"date":"2010-05-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/otava.test\/commentary-on-the-evolution-of-application-software-development\/"},"modified":"2010-05-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-28T00:00:00","slug":"commentary-on-the-evolution-of-application-software-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/commentary-on-the-evolution-of-application-software-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Commentary on The Evolution of Application Software Development"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the 3\/26\/10 article<\/a> on the \u201cPractical Advice on Saas Marketing\u201d blog there is a great reference and comparison to how cars were built at the Ford Motor River Rouge complex and the evolution of application software development.<\/p>\n

Strange as that may seem, the article goes on to suggest that software development is on a similar path, although it lacks the docks, furnaces and railroad tracks. \u00a0The article suggests that the developers were once responsible for the entire solution, from user interface down though the entire \u201cstack\u201d to the silicon. They compared it to the Rouge plant where Ford was responsible for the raw material going in one side and Mustangs coming out the other.<\/p>\n

They went on to say that \u201cCloud Computing\u201d and platform as a service (PaaS) \u00a0are further destinations on the same path. They suggest that by providing a pre-built, stable foundation (PaaS) this now allows application developers to focus on the user interface and other higher order functions instead of building the entire solution.<\/p>\n

An interesting comparison and one that makes a lot of sense to me.<\/p>\n

Your thoughts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the 3\/26\/10 article on the \u201cPractical Advice on Saas Marketing\u201d blog there is a great reference and comparison to how cars were built at the Ford Motor River Rouge complex and the evolution of application software development. Strange as that may seem, the article goes on to suggest that software development is on a similar path, although it lacks the docks, furnaces and railroad tracks. \u00a0The article suggests that the developers were once responsible for the entire solution, from user interface down though the entire \u201cstack\u201d to the silicon. They compared it to the Rouge plant where Ford was responsible for the raw material going in one side and Mustangs coming out the other. They went on to say that \u201cCloud Computing\u201d and platform as a service (PaaS) \u00a0are further destinations on the same path. They suggest that by providing a pre-built, stable foundation (PaaS) this now allows application developers to focus on the user interface and other higher order functions instead of building the entire solution. An interesting comparison and one that makes a lot of sense to me. Your thoughts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"other_category":[],"class_list":["post-1452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCommentary on The Evolution of Application Software Development | OTAVA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/commentary-on-the-evolution-of-application-software-development\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Commentary on The Evolution of Application Software Development\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In the 3\/26\/10 article on the \u201cPractical Advice on Saas Marketing\u201d blog there is a great reference and comparison to how cars were built at the Ford Motor River Rouge complex and the evolution of application software development. 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