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Paul Mather writes:

> As I said, that's why you'd contract with one of those outfits in the
> "Vendors" section.

If they can do the job.  Since they didn't write the code, though, they
aren't ultimately accountable for it.

> BTW, it is usually not realistic to expect an organisation to have "all
> the expertise it needs to support those solutions in-house and on site."

That depends on the size of the organization.  I've encountered
organizations that wrote their own operating systems.

-- 
Anthony