On 1/02/2013 8:40, Thomas David Rivers wrote:
Note, your issues aren't limited to mainframe software
development... consider opening a restuarant... you have
to acquire the kitchen equiptment, lease/purchase the space,
do significant advertising, etc... before you sell the first
plate of food. Every start-up enterprise requires a non-trivial
initial investment.
Certainly, other businesses have greater startup costs. However, it is
not really relevant when comparing software costs across different
platforms.
In the last 5-10 years the area of software startups has undergone a
revolution (not all good - the economics of smartphone apps for a dollar
don't make sense) and on most platforms the cost to develop an idea is
very low.
You could easily get started for an outlay of less than $1000.
This guy developed and launched a product with an initial budget of $60,
mainly to see if it could be done:
http://www.kalzumeus.com/
Andrew Rowley
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