Breaking the rules

When it comes to dealing with software, sometimes breaking the rules makes sense. For example, forget the idea that software must always be financed from the capital expenditures budget rather than from operational expense. Forget the convention that software should use a floating license solution, or the notion that every new software release will run more slowly than the previous release. You don't have to accept bugs in the first release of a software program and you should expect 100% uptime for enterprise applications. Don't always choose commercial software instead of open-source. Insist on support for end-of-life software. And don't assume that you always get what you pay for.

Read on for dozens of software rules that should be broken:
- read the article at Optimize

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