26 Jan
2008
26 Jan
'08
5:14 p.m.
* Say "computers are cheap but programmers are expensive" whenever explaining a correctness or productivity feature. This is true only if talking to people in high-income nations.
Is it? Maybe you're right. But historically, computers have been available at all kinds of price ranges, so people chose the price point that fit them. So, for the last 15 years or so already computers have been chosen (in the wealthy countries) to be cheaper than programmers. Is there any reason to think that the same forces aren't at play in lower-income nations? After all, cheap (typically second hand) computers are easy to come by. Stefan