Forum Post: RE: Build vs buy (OT??)

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In my experience the fault lies within the company: because their application was written in 1993 they think that it cannot be modernized without huge costs and difficulties. They don't realize that the off-the-shelf solution was also written in 1993 and it just has a prettier lipstick-on-a-pig UI. I have seen this time and time again. The good news is that first the company announces "We are phasing out the Progress application and migrating to SAP/Oracle Financials/Bla Bla...". then five years later, we plan the Progress upgrade because the purchased application can't do half the stuff their business needs.

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