Buy vs. Build Discussions On Enterprise Software
When looking to implement functionality, these days you have to decide whether you buy commercial software and customize it or whether you write your own. The decision is not an easy one, because there are many factors that need to be considered. The first question is cost: if building something is cheaper than buying it, then building might make sense. But this isn't always the case; sometimes buying commercial software will actually save money in the long run because of lower maintenance costs and better support capabilities. You also want to consider how much time it would take for your development team (or perhaps yourself) to build a certain feature versus how much time it would take a third party vendor doing something similar with their own team of developers and programmers. You should also consider quality when making this decision—will your custom solution perform as well as t