I’m certainly not wanting to engage in a political discussion here, but it did occur to me that what we’re dealing with in this upcoming election… and every election of my lifetime, are two ‘packaged’ candidates. They never seem to really ‘fit’ exactly what I’m looking for in a candidate for president. In fact, that seems to be the theme for everything out there… houses, cars, packaged software!
Here’s a thought. What if you could have a custom presidential candidate? What if you could choose what experience they had? What if you could align their political beliefs and strategies to ‘fit’ exactly what you need in a president? That would be pretty awesome! Of course, we may have 150 million candidates for president in each election!
Since we’re stuck with ‘packaged’ presidential candidates, why should we be stuck with ‘packaged’ software? It may seem like that is often the only option. After all, building a custom house is so much more expensive and only for people with lots of money, right? Same thing with software, right? Well, I don’t have to tell you the ‘cost’ of something is only in the price tag. Is it more expensive to buy a house that doesn’t have the kitchen you want, the flooring you want, the basement you want, the landscape you want, the deck you want, the paint you want? These are all things you could ‘pay’ to improve… or customize and get at some point. Or you could just settle and deal with what you bought.
Or, what about finding the right architect, the right home builder and having them build you a home that has the right kitchen, flooring, basement, landscape, that ‘fits’ your needs exactly? Or better yet, what about partnering with a custom software development firm (insert shameless Latitude 40 plug here) to build a software application that ‘fits’ your business processes… exactly?
So this November (actually every month), choose custom software over packaged software and move your business forward into the future with software built specifically for you… and vote for whichever candidate ‘fits’ you best!
Here’s a thought. What if you could have a custom presidential candidate? What if you could choose what experience they had? What if you could align their political beliefs and strategies to ‘fit’ exactly what you need in a president? That would be pretty awesome! Of course, we may have 150 million candidates for president in each election!
Since we’re stuck with ‘packaged’ presidential candidates, why should we be stuck with ‘packaged’ software? It may seem like that is often the only option. After all, building a custom house is so much more expensive and only for people with lots of money, right? Same thing with software, right? Well, I don’t have to tell you the ‘cost’ of something is only in the price tag. Is it more expensive to buy a house that doesn’t have the kitchen you want, the flooring you want, the basement you want, the landscape you want, the deck you want, the paint you want? These are all things you could ‘pay’ to improve… or customize and get at some point. Or you could just settle and deal with what you bought.
Or, what about finding the right architect, the right home builder and having them build you a home that has the right kitchen, flooring, basement, landscape, that ‘fits’ your needs exactly? Or better yet, what about partnering with a custom software development firm (insert shameless Latitude 40 plug here) to build a software application that ‘fits’ your business processes… exactly?
So this November (actually every month), choose custom software over packaged software and move your business forward into the future with software built specifically for you… and vote for whichever candidate ‘fits’ you best!
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