Diffs between generic software product development and custom software development.?

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Diffs between generic software product development and custom software development.?
Generic software development is the one done for "General Purpose" audience whist "Custom Software Development" is done to satisfy a particular need of a particular client. General Purpose software development is tough as compared with Custom made; not by the skills required to develop the application but by the design and marketing point of view.





In General Purpose application/product design and development, you will need to "imagine" what an end-user require. Here, the term "end - user" has no face; you have to imagine it. Market Surveys and general Customer Demand analysis may help a company to reduce the risk factor and think about some innovations over existing similar solutions.





On the other hand, in Custom Made application/product development, you have a specific face of "end - user" in front of you. You know whom you need to satisfy. Understanding the need and Analyzing it to get the best out of it is a challenge here. Planning and reaching the goals within dead-line adds a value to your software development excellence as a professional service provider.





By Buyer's (or Client's) point of view, now a days it's preferred to have a Custom Made application developed rather than buying a General Purpose software. You get the application done that exactly matches your requirements and also most importantly your style of computing. If you manage to find a quality Freelance Developer (or team) you're 50% done! If you successfully locate desired talent in Asian countries (such as India) then it's a bonus; because $1 is still Re.40 here. So, the overall development cost for US and Europian companies is likely to get slashed down by at least 40%. Quality and reliability of Indian Freelance developers might be a suject of debate for US companies, no doubt, the Freelance market is chasing Corportate monapoly quite strong and fast.
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Reply:if you create for general purpose i.e anybody can use it with little or no modification the pricing of such softwares are quite low





on the otherhand if it is for a particular customer %26amp; it is not useful for others means it will be costly i.e each %26amp; every step you have to to brainstorming to create the product