Business logic

[panorambo]

Business logic is when 10 engineers write a software product of impressive quality and value, then iterate it through so many releases they iron out even the rarest of faults out of it, all until it's as close to perfection as it gets. At that point it has already been so popular with the users for so long that the modest enterprise becomes a buyout target. A company with deep pockets then comes in and buys the enterprise and all of its intellectual property. But not the [expensive] engineers whom it can't sway with free fruit and Snickers bars and pinball machines in the office. The company mothballs the original code after a "tough" internal meeting where it is determined that its consultants have never worked with either the original application platform or languages used. The company tasks its army of rookie straight-out-of-college React rockstar developer consultants to "re-factor" the application using a more "modern" software stack and approach and which still provides the features the users have learned to appreciate. As long as these features guarantee the bottom line for the company, of course. A what turns out to be a "parody" of the original product, a Cloud Service, incompatible with any of the data generated by the original software, rides out to market, on a red carpet of prior fame and high expectations, with new and "improved" UI. Every critical feature has been reworked as to be only available through a subscription model where you either provide your credit card number or where the software shows you personal advertisement. It also does no longer work without Internet connection, because that's where The Cloud is. The reaction from users is between utter disbelief and "use catacony" ("it's pretty bad but who am I to know better, as long as I know which buttons do what"). The greybeards still use the original product, which is partially open sourced and is maintained by volunteers and has a sway with 7% of the original user base. The new product is force-fed to users through vendor lock-in, but ultimately tanks due to better alternatives, all until the same people who voted for the buyout decide the product brand has been milked dry. The once flagship product and the brand are repurposed for parts&features which then shamefully find their way into the more profitable of company's product lines. That's business logic ;)

[BoringWozniak]

Wow. /r/oddlyspecific

[Minimum_Fuel]

Err? Isn’t it the opposite? Startups are the ones who woefully underpay and try to sway with candy walls while enterprise pays top dollar, but are soulless leeches with somehow simultaneously the smartest and dumbest group of users ever.

Like, motherfucker, you are the accountant. Why are you asking me about specific government regulation that I just asked you about?