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Originally Posted by wildthing
Is there no off-the-shelf (or off-the-cloud) application that can do 80% of what your software does?
This is one of the arguments against custom development. You lose your talent, you lose your support.
Unless there's something very specific to your business that you just can't live without, I'd look at something that you can buy turn-key with maybe relatively minor configuration changes, as opposed to a complete build.
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My business is FAA regulated, and our current system has been signed off as "acceptable" to them. A change will require submitting the new product and it's output to the FAA for review and acceptance. I can do this, but it takes time. It seems like it would be quicker and possibly cheaper just to fix what I have rather than switching.
Also one of the key features of my current system is that it is server based and not confined to my desktop. My employees can access it from any internet connection in the world. Even my mechanic that goes to a customer LZ in Africa can update the work order from the wifi connection on the giraffes head, and even print records on-the-spot for the customer.
This additionally means that I can give a customer limited read-only access and he/she can review every work order that was ever done for his company by us.