Does software = web sites ?
It’s funny, I often run into people who, once I tell them I am a software architect and developer, ask me if it’s all about creating web sites.
I usually tell them that developing software is a lot more than that, that for instance one could create a software package integrating an internal accounting database with an ordering system, or things of that nature.
As it turns out, as more and more software migrates to the web (internet AND intranet), it’s entirely true that much of the software that we create can and will run as web client/server systems. It can be much cheaper since no client licensing is usually required other than a simple browser, but of course the result may not be as integrated as a traditional solution, but even that is changing.
So the answer to the question is: “yes, a lot of the software today can be boiled down to web sites, but it depends…”
Cheers and happy summer!