March 24, 2005
GLITTER 2005
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Build-Buy-Borrow
nBuild your own?
–Bear all the development costs
–Provide all your own support
nBuy?
–Share development costs with others, plus a vendor profit
–Pay for support from vendor
nBorrow (open source)?
–No licensing costs, or share the costs
–Provide your own support, buy it, get it from the community