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Old 09-30-2006, 06:38 PM   #41
NatCh
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Originally Posted by mdh
Maybe they fell into a trap of 'we can just download and use the open-source code', without considering that you need sufficient in-house software people to make that actually work well. (I could see people with a primarily hardware background falling into this trap really easily)
Our CIO fell into a very similar trap, and tried to drag the rest of us into it too.

"I'm sure we'll have no problem finding an off-the-shelf replacement for the completely custom-built, constantly evolving one that is mission-critical and has >95% usage!" We've been waiting almost two years now for them to come and ask what the requirements for the application are....

But I digress -- I agree that it's not difficult to imagine even brilliant folks having that sort of a blind spot.
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