
Students' Guide to Business Computing
Which should be chosen first - hardware or software?
Regarding question 10, the reasons have already been indicated, why a
business might make one of these three choices in getting software. A
small business would probably not be able to afford anything other
than a package, perhaps with slight tailoring. Under Pic are
apparently big enough to be able to afford to commission bespoke
software if they needed to, but that may well not be necessary. On the
other hand, Under Pic are likely to require a number of facilities
which are not available in most packages.
For example, Under Pic may want to allow mai ...