Kuo Yun, president of the Institute for the Information Industry (Ⅲ), says that the difference between computer hardware and computer software is that producing an additional computer requires additional expenditure on labor and materials, but software exists as digital information, and can be reproduced at little extra cost; what counts is speed in developing more advanced programs ahead of the competition.
資策會執行長果芸分析，電腦軟硬體的差別在，每生產一台電腦，人力、物料成本就跟著增加；但軟體是數位資訊，複製不需太多成本，比的是誰先發展出來、誰的腳步快。