Comment by ghusto

The written word went from the domain of elites to the common man in a short space of time after the printing press was invented. Today, the barrier of entry for authoring is so low, that people are self-publishing.

I'm seeing the same thing in software. The people who used to ask you to add functionality X, are now giving it a tentative go. It's not perfect, but the progress I've seen in just the last year makes me believe it will get to "good enough" to run a business on.