Enterprise software vendors want you to believe that they can customize their software to fit your company’s particular needs. That promise is also one of open source software’s chief claims to fame. So is the make-it-your-way vendor promise a better option than what the open source community offers? Is a business owner with specialized software needs better off hiring a programmer or paying his own IT staff to do double duty as a software development center?
The answers often depend on corporate financial resources and in-house talent.
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Want Customization With That?
Posted by: Jack M. Germain November 19, 2013 05:00 AMEnterprise software vendors want you to believe that they can customize their software to fit your company’s particular needs. That promise is also one of open source software’s chief claims to fame. So is the make-it-your-way vendor promise a better option than what the open source community offers? Is a business owner with specialized software needs better off hiring a programmer or paying his own IT staff to do double duty as a software development center?
The answers often depend on corporate financial resources and in-house talent.