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== Non Applications == | == Non Applications == | ||
=== Narrow Package | === Narrow Package Focus === | ||
Some people undertaking systems development have been observed to focus on one or another of various packages as the basis of their enterprise implementation. This focus is not without consequences but it cannot be helped because shopping for what you think you need instead of what you actually need is a buyer's prerogative. | Some people undertaking systems development have been observed to focus on one or another of various packages as the basis of their enterprise implementation. This focus is not without consequences but it cannot be helped because shopping for what you think you need instead of what you actually need is a buyer's prerogative. | ||
What you actually want, we think/hope, is a system that achieves your functional goals (assuming these are reasonable and feasible) and | What you actually want, we think/hope, is a system that achieves your functional goals (assuming these are reasonable and feasible) and appreciate the value of having those goals realized without tying you to particular packages, but rather presented as intellectual work product which can be adapted to different backends. In general what you may have thought is the 'platform' choice or package du Jour generally has little to do with the attainment (except possibly to hinder it) of such goals. Nonetheless, unless such a choice presents a full blown conflict with the attainment of our [[:en:Total Quality Management|TQM]] goals, we attempt to accommodate it by including support for a large selection of such packages in our framework. | ||
=== Require Local Control === | === Require Local Control === | ||
