Building on the successful TSS library, it offers a comprehensive solution with complementary licensed software and cost-effective development tools.

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The good news for startup entrepreneurs is that the cost, especially for software development, has fallen.

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But we have to ask ourselves whether cost competition has ended up making software development a commodity that can be sold off the shelf?

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Infrastructure-as-a-Service and Platform-as-a-Service offerings can also provide quick, low-cost access to data center resources for software development and prototyping.

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Recent estimates from financial consulting firms paint a stark picture of "offshoring, " which allows companies to get software development and other services at one-third to one-sixth the cost.

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Compared with even five years, the cost of a startup has fallen dramatically from a hardware, software and development perspective.

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To enable this kind of development process, Smart TV Alliance will make the first version of its software development kit (SDK) available on its website which developers can download at no cost and use to develop their applications.

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Chuang thinks software acquisition and development costs are already out of control, and products like his will lead to more cost-cutting.

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