Sanctioning Software

摘要

Last week I wrote about the benefits of stan- dardizing end-user hardware. When it comes to software, however, the "one-size-fits-all" approach starts to break down. While hardware can be deployed as a commoditized, multipurpose platform for most users, software is where a system comes to life and people get real work done. End-users serve many roles in an organization and do their work in vastly different ways. That's what makes software standardization so difficult.