11 Dec
2013
11 Dec
'13
12:49 p.m.
On 11/12/2013 11:36, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
Management should never allow the company to be held hostage, have no options, due to being reliant on a single systems administrator and his/er unique knowledge of the infrastructure.
Indeed, it is much better to be held hostage of a huge corporation that does not care the less about your little business and that may change it's licensing schemes or drop features on which you depend every moment. :-)
I know I'm simplyfing a lot, but if "competences lock-in" should be weighted in the choice, I think it is also fair to consider vendor lock-in.
Cheers, Daniele