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What is "Commodity Software"?

Asked 2010-06-07T14:03:57.863
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What is "Commodity Software"? (Part of the title in the article at http://valgrind.org/docs/newsome2005.pdf)

(I'm not an english speaker, and the direct translation of "commodity" to my language does not make much sense to me in a software-context.)

An example would be appreciated!

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A commodity is an item that only distinguishes itself from competitors by price. There are usually lots of suppliers of the item available, and none has a feature besides price that's different from others.

So commodity software would be widely available from many suppliers, and you wouldn't care which one you used; only price will make your choice.

answered 2010-06-07T14:06:34.163

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