SaaS早已经不是什么新鲜概念了。随着这一两年SaaS的迅速蹿红,让大家都感觉俺们国内的SaaS概念真是一个乱。最近,我被人问了一遍又一遍,“你为什么要强调平台是SaaS,而不仅仅是订阅,这两个不是一样的吗?订阅就意味着是按年付费服务,那不就是SaaS了?”
十几年前在外企的时候,我所在的前前前公司的已经有十几年历史的部门就开始叫着要做SaaS,结果直到最近一两年,才发布托管类型的SaaS。作为一个接触了十多年的专家,觉得有必要写点东西,SaaS是什么,为什么美国的企业软件SaaS需要花十多年技术投入,然而很多国内的所谓“SaaS”只需要改变一下合同条款就OK了。
SaaS≠订阅,那SaaS到底是什么?
SaaS到底是什么?Software as a Service,我们先来看看SaaS的通用定义:
Software as a service (SaaS /sæs/) is a software licensing and delivery model in which software is licensed on a subscription basis and is centrally hosted.It is sometimes referred to as "on-demand software", and was formerly referred to as "software plus services" by Microsoft. SaaS applications are also known as on-demand software and Web-based/Web-hosted software.
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