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teddyh on Oct 11, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why Enterprise Software Sucks

“If it’s a core business function — do it yourself, no matter what.”

— Joel Spolsky, In Defense of Not-Invented-Here Syndrome, 2001: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2001/10/14/in-defense-of-not-...

lliamander on Oct 11, 2019 [–]

I don't think he means software that is necessary for the business, I think he means if it specifically enables a profit-generating function in a business.

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