Suing Your Software Vendor? Not a Good Idea. | SupplyChainBrain

Suing Your Software Vendor? Not a Good Idea.

April 30, 2008

Sure, sometimes, software developers and vendors deserve to have the book thrown at them. Plenty of software implementations have taken too long, cost too much and never worked as advertised because a vendor's "vaporware" wasn't ready for prime time. But think twice before you head to court.
Source: CIO, http://advice.cio.com

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