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Enterprise software is big, complex, and expensive. It often requires teams of dedicated support personnel. The assumption among many is that this type of software solves the hard problems at the edge of the software complexity continuum—that it is somehow technically superior and worth its high price. But is this really so?

Kragen Sitaker provides a very cogent counter-argument that is definitely worth reading!