The real question is (and I think this is why they commissioned the study) "how much code should they have not written in the first place?" Stripes answer is "well, definitely not the payment processing portion"
The report is basically leads one to conclude that with well developed API, the world would be more productive if we can outsource common business logic (like payment processing) to we'll encapsulated and designed services. Why? So you can spend more time building new stuff instead of fixing stuff that many other people are also fixing in their own implementations.
Basically, I see this as a "code is a liability, so use a SASS; we aren't biased in our framing of it"
The report is basically leads one to conclude that with well developed API, the world would be more productive if we can outsource common business logic (like payment processing) to we'll encapsulated and designed services. Why? So you can spend more time building new stuff instead of fixing stuff that many other people are also fixing in their own implementations.
Basically, I see this as a "code is a liability, so use a SASS; we aren't biased in our framing of it"