COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
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Question
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cheaper
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greater
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Software costs often dominate computer system costs. The costs of software on a PC are often greater than the hardware cost. Software costs more to maintain than it does to develop. For systems with a long life, maintenance costs may be several times development costs.
Detailed explanation-2: -Software is more expensive becuase it is considerably more complex, has fewer constraints (thus more degrees of freedom), and because it is modified a lot more (sometimes to avoid spending enormous sums to modify hardware).
Detailed explanation-3: -Roughly 60% of software costs are development costs, 40% are testing costs. For custom software, evolution costs often exceed development costs.
Detailed explanation-4: -Software-Pros For traditional processing, software is cheaper than hardware.
Detailed explanation-5: -Software Development Costs means the costs of software development arising from the development of software programs by Holdings and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and which are capitalized on the financial statements and books and records of the Person incurring such costs.