Rebirth 79: I opened a bank in the United States

Chapter 767 God's software price

As a father in his previous life who was a master's degree instructor in computer science, and now he is also considered half of the IT industry, Carter is not proficient in software outsourcing, but he is no stranger to it!

Normally, the process of a software outsourcing is roughly the following steps: 1. Communicate project requirements, just like factory OEMs, you must know what your thing does before production, so that others can start doing it!

2. After understanding the customer's needs, the outsourcer starts the initial functional design, and at the same time evaluates the progress and workload of the project.Due to the different functions of the software, the production volume also varies. If it takes a long time, the customer may be dissatisfied, and a lot of labor wages will be wasted on my own side.

Oftentimes before a project begins, this step is extremely time consuming!Because everyone has different ideas, it is difficult to have a project book that can be passed directly by Party A's father at one time.In most cases, the software outsourcing party will only give a few opportunities to modify, and the rest will be modified. After signing the contract, let's talk!Otherwise, this order, at worst, I will not accept it!
3. Design, production, testing: If the demand communication is not yet in place, then go to the design stage first, and continue to talk about both parties, the programmers have to modify the design plan over and over again to satisfy Party A’s father, and then produce ,test.
Of course, to be specific, in addition to functional design, visual effects, etc., will involve a process of pulling back and forth.But in the 80s.
Are there any visual effects in computer software these days? !Do you want to see how much storage space is available?
Carter has already solved most of the most troublesome steps.Carter has already taken out the functional design, what functions should be used in the real estate management software, which game software is played, and what is the effect of the finished product?
Carter even drew the final picture on paper!

The collocation requires a catalog, what the hell, but anyone with a normal mind will basically not understand it!

The work left to IT engineers in India is only mechanically typing codes.
But even so, India's quotation is more than ten times lower than that of the United States!
IT, in the 80s, was a new industry after all.Just like when China's Internet wave began, various major companies were crazily spending money to poach people, and now programmers in the United States are also paid soaringly!
Don’t you see a Gabe Newell, who just graduated, oh no, he is still a guy with a career, and Bill Gates directly offered an annual salary of 3.4 US dollars.
Year-on-year conversion, it is roughly equivalent to a graduate giving an annual salary of 60 million.
You know, Microsoft is not a big company now.
Counting my own business entrustment of nearly a hundred software such as DOS-based game software, real estate management software, office software, inventory management software, etc.

In which company can hundreds of programmers work hard together for several months?

Even if it is assumed that these tasks can be completed in 3 months, the number of people is not too large, 400 people, an average of 4 people per project.In the United States, the labor cost alone costs more than 340 million US dollars
And this is still an extremely ideal state.In fact, in the U.S. IT market where the supply is not enough, any ambitious IT company is unwilling to do OEM work for others. The copyright and source code of the hard-working software are all owned by others.
Who can bear this?
Count the supply and demand premium, corporate profits, etc., and then consider the project delays that may be caused by the completely unsatisfactory work efficiency of Americans, etc.
Today, $80, all done!

If you only compare the cost, it may seem a bit empty, then compare the software price of the 80s!

The lead time is also guaranteed!

Carter, who was extremely satisfied, even stepped on the plane with joy!

If it weren't for the worry that the storage might not fit, Carter would have the confidence to pre-install all of these hundreds of software for free.Who keeps their costs low?

Think back to when the Osborne No. [-] was pre-installed with a few worldstar and other software for free, the world laughed and said that Osborne was selling software and giving away computers.Then change to yourself
The most indispensable thing here is software supply! !

The most common form software Lotus1-2-3, $495!The desktop database dBase, $700!Word processing software WordStar, $495!Even one of Microsoft's flagship products today, the basic interpretation software, sells for as much as $350
Considering today's price standards, what else can Carter say besides feeling that the future Microsoft Office suite is really not expensive? !
It is also because of the high price of the software and its huge profit margins that it is not easy to find an OEM in the United States whose labor cost can account for 20% of the quotation!After all, regardless of whether the software of those companies can be sold or not, at least the meat is hanging in front of your eyes!
The hearts of these American IT companies have also been lifted up!In contrast to the Indians, they don't have such a big heart
Moreover, compared with the software market in the United States, India has an advantage!

Even if you don't do this, just pre-install one-tenth of the software, your computer company will become the biggest "shit stirrer" in the US computer market!
Maybe it's unknown if he punched the master IBM to death?

Carter signed a contract with a company, which is basically equivalent to signing a lot of Indian software companies.Gein, these guys know how to subcontract!
That's right, just like the Chinese real estate industry in the previous life, almost no Indian software company can take the huge orders of hundreds of software in these years.TCS, which is backed by the Indian giant Tata Group, may be able to take it, but they also have other orders on hand.
In this way, the contracted company will act as the general contractor and subcontract some orders to other companies, and everyone will work together!

The only thing that makes Carter a little regretful is that the game software of this year is generally not sold at a high price.Compared with the price of functional software that can’t wait to stand shoulder to shoulder with the sun, the price of some simple pixel-style game software is often only hovering around [-] dollars.
However, among these orders, orders for simple games accounted for the majority.After all, the development of games these days is generally simple, and there are not many professional requirements.

But even so, Carter is very satisfied!
With a satisfied expression, Carter set foot on the land of Georgia again on August 8!

After getting a good night's sleep and recovering from the jet lag, the energetic Carter came to his "Land of Dragons": Black Flag Savings Bank
"Carter! You're back? I still don't understand what is the specific intention of the "Basel Accords" that you want me to pay attention to. I know that you have ambitions to become an international bank, but that is ten years? Or is it 20 years later? thing"

As soon as he walked into the second floor of the Black Flag Bank, Carter was dragged by Goodman to the other party's office.

Looking at Goodman's action of throwing the first version of the "Basel Accords" that was just revised in May this year in front of him, and his distraught expression, Carter was a little speechless.
"No way, you've been thinking about this for almost two months? Gift Crab, I remember before I left, I just said that this agreement deserves attention. It should be the Basel Committee that deserves attention. After this Just pay attention to their movements, why do you have anything to study about this agreement?!"

(End of this chapter)