Archive for January, 2007
When is FREE Good Enough?
by Sky on Jan.31, 2007, under Social tools, Software and online tools
You may not think about this too much, but the corporate I.T. folks think about it a lot and since I’ve been there before, I do too.
I’m not talking about death and taxes here.
It’s the “make vs buy” decision, but slightly camouflaged.
Most of my readers are not corporate I.T. geeks with lots of resources available to them. Right? Isn’t that your situation? You probably operate on a small budget, and you’re probably affiliated with a nonprofit, and your salary, much like your employer’s budget, is probably a bit slim. So any time you can get an online service free of charge, they’ve got your undivided attention. Well how do you make the decision to use a free tool when the functioning of your enterprise is going to rely upon it? [read on...]
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