问HN：企业是否希望离开云端，回归可安装的应用程序？
<i>简而言之：是否有机会通过提供一次性授权的“本地”软件版本，而不是订阅式的SaaS服务，与服务于中小型企业的B2B SaaS软件提供商竞争？</i><p>当我开始我的计算机生涯时，软件是装在盒子里的，你买回家后使用。软件通常需要在一到30张光盘上运行，偶尔会要求你找到第14张光盘并插入以运行某个过程。<p>现在，已经过去了近二十年，许多产品都存储在你系统外的服务器上。<p>我现在正在做一些事情（<i>我不会自我宣传</i>），这激励我尝试在产品和系统设计上做一些完全不同的尝试，以便在本地文件系统上实现更多功能。<p>我不知道是否有人给这个概念起过名字，但我一直称之为“本地优先”或“无云”开发。这个想法是，大多数功能可以通过平面文件实现，并可能使用本地的sqlite、duckdb等。<p>我相信经济形势并不乐观，人们会寻求削减开支。一种很好的方式是停止支付高额的SaaS费用，开始使用更多本地安装的软件，通过一次性许可证购买，按需支付升级费用。这是旧世界与新世界的结合。<p>软件版本可以从云端下载和更新，需支付费用；否则，你就只能使用现有的软件，并享有一定的支持保障，例如，任何版本提供3年的支持，之后将不再提供错误修复或支持。<p>我很好奇大家是否认为在这种模式下重建许多SaaS世界的机会是存在的，而代理将使普通人能够处理更复杂的本地软件设置。<p>我认为在以下领域存在机会：<p><pre><code> - 会计软件
- 销售点系统（POS）
- 日程安排
- 客户关系管理（CRM）及客户管理
- 电子病历（ERM）
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我想明确一点，我不是一个“纯粹主义者”，我并不认为什么都不能托管，例如，一些动态列表/地图在服务器端管理更为合适，应用程序可以重新加载它们，只是企业不对访问云端收取额外费用。<p>你们怎么看？
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<i>TLDR; is there an opportunity to compete with B2B SaaS software providers who serve small mid-market by providing a one-time licensed, "local", version of software vs a subscription SaaS offering?</i><p>When I started my computing life, software lived in boxes you bought and brought home. IT was on one to 30 disks that you'd use to run it and, every once in a while, it would ask you to pull find disk 14 and put it in to run some process.<p>Now, we have had about almost two decades where many products live on servers outside your system.<p>As I'm working on something now (<i>I won't self promote</i>), and it's inspiring me to try something completely different in the product and system design, to try to accomplish much more on the local file system.<p>I don't know if anyone's coined a term, but I've been calling it "Local-first" or "Cloudless" development. The idea is that most features can be implemented with flat files, and potentially a local sqlite, duckdb, etc.<p>I'm of the belief that the economy isn't in a great place and folks will look to cut. A great way to do so is to stop paying insane SaaS fees and start to use more local installed software with a one-time license purchase and you pay to upgrade as needed for features. This is the blend of the old world and new.<p>Software versions can be downloaded and updated from the cloud, for a fee, otherwise, you just use what you have relatively with some support guarantee, e.g. 3 years for any version, then there's no more bug fixes/support.<p>I'm curious if you all feel there's an opportunity to re-build a lot of the SaaS world in this model and Agents are going to make it possible by allowing normal people to handle more complex local setups for software.<p>I think there's opportunities for:<p><pre><code> - Accounting software
- POS
- Scheduling
- CRM & client
- Electronic Medical Records (ERM)
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I want to be clear, I'm not a "purist" claiming nothing can be hosted, e.g. some dynamic lists/maps are best managed server-side and the app can reload them, just that the business doesn't charge extra for having access to the cloud.<p>Thoughts?