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> In government contract circles "Better" is enemy of the "Good" > and "good" comes a lot more expensive than " it will do the job". > They always want to 'better' original spec. during contract execution > time. This is the contractor's lifeline to 'profitability'. The way I was taught was to split the task into three - Users: (or their bosses) want certain functionality because they can increase sales, reduce costs or improve service. In most cases this will include a certain amount of wish list material and is a moving feast: especially as it is always wanted yesterday. - Management must then push back at Users to make %^&& sure that what is produced will provide those savings bearing in mind the IT resources available and the long term strategy. - IT must then ensure that the code produced does what is asked as cheaply as possible. As part of this full documentation is produced explaining what was done and why: so that changes can be implemented at some point in the future. Lots of short term overheads but long term saves lots of money. Users are not concerned whether the software is open source or not: does it do the job. IT are not concerned with open source in the short term: as long as the work is done, speed may necessitate proprietary models. Management are the people who should be concerned with Open Source, because it has the possibility of significantly reducing costs and improving efficiency. If Management abdicates its role .... -- Henry Photocopies or faxes of my signature are not binding. This email has been signed with an electronic signature in accordance with subsection 7(3) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000. Digital Key Signature: GPG RSA 0xFB447AA1 Tue Dec 8 10:28:52 GMT 2009
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