[SC-L] web apps are homogenous?

[Paco Hope]

On Feb 23, 2010, at 10:06 AM, Jon McClintock wrote:
> This provides a pretty good examination of the costs of patching 
> commercial software. Has anyone done a similar analysis for web 
> applications? I'd expect the costs to be dramatically lower, given
> thant you're typically producing a single patch for a handful of
> homogenous systems.

I don't think "webness" conveys any more homogeneity than, say "windowsness" or "linuxness."

What part of being a web application provides homogeneity in a way that makes patching cheaper?

Paco
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