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• 2006-09-23, 10:12 (trackback)

  If Software as a Service (SaaS) is billed as the big thing now, why does every example of it still suck? (by Walker Hamilton)

  1. At least for web-based services it is the lack of a real standard-browser, I think.

     Posted by: Daniel Hofstetter | September 23, 2006 at 10:30

  2. I think that it’s seen as a way to bootstrap and start a company. Thus, the company doesn’t really have the capacity, redundancy, or complete solution in place.

     I’m an avid reader of Ian Landsmen’s blog. He makes HelpSpot, a software package you download and install on your own server. He’s mentioned that he thinks the focus on SaaS is removing focus from where it could be better utilized within the install software market. ( http://www.userscape.com/blog/index.php/site/comments/software_as_a_service/ )

     I like to have the apps I find necessary on my own servers, because: “I don’t trust you.” - http://www.userscape.com/blog/index.php/site/comments/i_dont_trust_you/

     Posted by: Walker Hamilton | September 28, 2006 at 17:48
  
  

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