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http://www.informationweek.com/strategic-cio/executive-insights-and-innovation/build-vs-buy-a-dangerous-lie/d/d-id/1113643?page_number=1 I was thinking about the bankruptcy of a dutch company (OAD, http://www.nltimes.nl/2013/09/26/oad-bankrupt/ ), where the wrong answer on the build-vs-buy question has played an important role if I understood the stories right (available in dutch only: http://hanshoek.c3log.nl/ict-lessen-van-oad/ and http://managementartikelen.nl/wp-content/uploads/FD-04-2014-E-book-Ondergang-en-opkomst-van-familiebedrijf-OAD.pdf ). The off-the-shelf solution bought was built with progress products. I know of at least one organisation at the moment where such a wrong answer could result in progress based custom applications being flushed down the toilet in favour of an off-the-shelf non-progress solution and a financial and human disaster. The article at the top provides an intelligent and original view on the threats of buy-decisions.
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