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Build versus buy is the wrong question
Off-the-shelf software gets you running sooner but rarely does everything. A custom build fits exactly and carries no license fees, but takes longer. Most of the interesting work is in the space between the two.
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Nobody evaluates year five
Platform decisions get made on a feature comparison and a first-year price, then lived with for a decade. The two costs that compound — capability you never switch on, and an upgrade that becomes an annual project — are in neither column.
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