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4 pointsguerrilla3 comments

So there is:

* Software as a possession - pay once to "own" it.

* Software as a service - subscribe to it.

* Software as an utility - rent it.

I'd prefer to see more software as an utility.

What's the difference between software as a service and software as a utility? Not familiar with the latter and can't find much on it.

SaaS is a subscription.

Software as an utility is metered, similar to how most cloud costs work. You're billed based on a usage metric.

The original cloud vision from Sun and others was called grid or utility computing.