Should you use Open Source software?

Have you ever wondered if you should choose open source software, then I recommend you read this article on open source software.

You want to get right to the point? Then read the last two paragraphs of the article:

“If you take this path, you become a software development firm, and that kind of company needs to be run differently than a traditional retailer,” says Dustin Roberston, vice president of marketing. “The to-do list for maintaining the site gets so jammed that if you don’t have developers to throw at it, the list just grows and grows.”

Backcountry has 25 developers and engineers on a staff of 260. And Jenkins admits that even open-source software has limitations that the best developers cannot overcome. In those cases, he’s perfectly happy to purchase old-fashioned licensed applications. “I’m not going to go the extra mile just to be the zealot,” he says.

Hmmmm. How about that. Ten percent of the staff is composed of developers and engineers. Can you afford that?

If you don't have developers on staff, but you still want a CRM application that is adaptable and can be customized with minimal programming, then Microsoft Dynamics CRM might be just the ticket.

The design of Microsoft CRM allows non-programmers to customize the application to meet your needs. Microsoft calls this “Affordable Adaptability” and this is one reason why Microsoft CRM is being called an application platform.