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Proprietary platforms are increasing fragmentation

paying the price of multiplication

The software developers’ dream of “write once, run anywhere” is getting ever harder to achieve, instead of simpler. Because key hardware and software manufacturers are increasingly reverting to the prehistoric, proprietary platform mentality of a bygone age that blatantly disregards the interests of their partners in the iT

The Myth:

if it isn't broken, don't fix it

Reality: everything needs replacing eventually

preserving data and systems integrity

danger of sitting too long on the wall

The temptation to avoid a discretionary iT upgrade can be overwhelming, because we are conditioned to believe: if it isn’t broken, don’t fix it. Of course, skipping the odd hardware or software generation, or two, is not a bad strategy if you need to save precious time and money, by not

software quality and integrity

build an impression with version one

Good developers understand the importance of building quality and functionality into a robust first release, while others regard version one simply as a public extension of the beta process; their strategy being: ship early/ often and fix on fail. The obvious weakness in such a [...]

The Myth:

version one is just a public beta

Reality: first impressions count so impress the customer

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