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The saying goes: If you have five hours to cut down a tree, spend at least three of them sharpening the ax. I object. Who decided the only choice is an ax? Maybe we would get the job done better with

By George Grieve | Updated on March 31, 2007

The saying goes: If you have five hours to cut down a tree, spend at least three of them sharpening the ax. I object. Who decided the only choice is an ax? Maybe we would get the job done better with a saw, or maybe what we really need to do is haul the tree out, roots and all, with a tractor?

Similarly, if you are going to acquire software, the first thing you need to acquire is an acquisition strategy. The fact is there are different ways of obtaining software and different types of software that are more or less appropriate, depending upon the circumstances.

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