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Persuading Management on Green-Lighting In-House Software?

Posted by Cliff on from the keeping-your-software-'in-the-family' dept.

Raisin Bread asks: "Maybe I'm fighting a losing battle - but has anyone out there encountered an administrative resistance when it comes to giving approval to make in-house solutions for problems? I'm at a university, and we want to build a tracking system that will accommodate our needs perfectly (and can do it), but the boss wants the easy way out by contracting out to a remotely-hosted and managed solution. Sure, they are commercially supported, but the fix is only mediocre. What arguments have been used to sway the boss to use the super-cool home grown solution?"

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  1. Easy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Easy... tell him you'll give him part of your cut. I mean, that's the real reason you don't want it outsourced, right?

  2. Re:Other ways to win. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Um, that's

    A few approaches come to mind:

    Is is just me, or should the preview and submit buttons be NON-ADJACENT?