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Saturday, May 8, 2010

advantages and disadvantages of the written and off-shelf software :

advantages for the Written / Custom software :

1. You have the whole right to the software as it was created for you.
2. The software can be edited over and over again if there were problems arises.
3. The software can also be used to combined the features from other packages with the features that the company needs.
4. Not to forget, it is very expensive to in term of prices.


disadvantages for the Written / Custom software :

1. It is actually expensive to hire programmers to design the software.
2. the programmers must have a very good skill and expert to fulfill the company needs.
3. it also takes a lot of time to finish the software.

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advantages for the Off-Shelf software :

1. It is suitable for everybody to use the software.
2. Their documentation is easy to undersatnd and it is tested before being sold. So the software is user friendly and easy to use.
3. It is cheaper since no need to hire any programmers.


disadvantages for the Off-Shelf software :

1. The software doesn't meet the organization/business need exactly.

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