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What would be the choice/dividing line on what to build vs rent(saas)/buy?

• SimonPStevens 10y ago
  Don't buy things that are part of your core business. (If your business is creating a word processor, don't buy a rich text box control) Do buy things that are commodities and outside of your domain specific expertise. Accounting software (assuming you aren't an accounting software company). CRM software. Rich text controls. Build things that give you a competitive advantage over other companies in your sector.
  • ismail 10y ago
    This becomes more complex depending what industry you are in. Take mobile networks no mobile opco has the engineering talent to build their own switches, bsc or ns. One could say this is part of their core business. Yet they buy this.