Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on December 11, 2003 02:06 AM
There is a reason why consultant companies are the ones going bankrupt most often now, the rate is extremely high. There is no value in the products they do consulting for any more, therefore people and companies are not willing to spend money on customizations or third-party support.
When you can get a DB for free over the internet no one pays premium for service-contracts any more. You simply don't pay $100 000 for a service contract if your son downloaded the stuff on the net, it's doesn't happen.
Also, then prices on hardware, software etc goes down businesses that people perceive as similar also goes down. You don't pay $5000 for a stereo for you Lada car, do you?
This has been a clear development for the last few years.
Most consultants has lived on consulting for expensive databases, enterprise OSes and highly customized specialized software.
Customized software, unfortunately, are on a heavy decline since companies are not willing to spend on IT any more, they require standard software. If you have to spend $50 000 on something that is going to be almost the same as something that’s free it’s simply impossible to defend the cost. The jobs that is still done are often outsourced, a trend that will continue I think.
Again, it's the consulting companies that are going out of business.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on December 11, 2003 02:06 AMWhen you can get a DB for free over the internet no one pays premium for service-contracts any more. You simply don't pay $100 000 for a service contract if your son downloaded the stuff on the net, it's doesn't happen.
Also, then prices on hardware, software etc goes down businesses that people perceive as similar also goes down. You don't pay $5000 for a stereo for you Lada car, do you?
This has been a clear development for the last few years.
Most consultants has lived on consulting for expensive databases, enterprise OSes and highly customized specialized software.
Customized software, unfortunately, are on a heavy decline since companies are not willing to spend on IT any more, they require standard software. If you have to spend $50 000 on something that is going to be almost the same as something that’s free it’s simply impossible to defend the cost. The jobs that is still done are often outsourced, a trend that will continue I think.
Again, it's the consulting companies that are going out of business.
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