On Sat, 3 Dec 2011 13:43:28 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:

Ideally, software should be a whole lot more modular, so you only have
to buy (or at least install) the bits you want.

I have been involved with the production of modular software. It needs
to be built into a common structure. The software I was involved with
had thousands of modules and a "collector" system to put it all
together before releasing to the customer. That worked very well but
if it needed to be released in bits that the customer wanted it would
have needed a collector system with every customer. It's much easier
to give them the lot and tell them how to enable on the extra bits
they buy.

Steve

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