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While the approaches described above are more often associated with larger systems, we must also ensure that the barrier to entry is low so that organizations with limited resources are served. One approach we expect to use is pre-integrated solution bundles that provide reasonable utility without substantial development. Solution bundles may be used as-is or be customized within the capabilities of the organization.
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panel- To ensure content is enduring, we must make the software sustainable.
- The emergence of open source software enables communities to sustain their own software. However, the approach a community takes for sustaining software is not clear and has spawned multiple sustainment models which are still being tested. Fedora Commons is still developing its sustainment model but one requirement is clear: the need for a strong community.
- New software architectures and technologies lend themselves to an evolutionary approach to software development, which is very appealing for sustaining software used in content-related information systems.
- Sub-dividing the work into evolvable components makes it easier for the community to sustain the software.
- Using continuous evolution as its guiding principle to create a sustainable software base helps achieve the mission of Fedora Commons and the organizations it serves - enabling organizations to make content enduring.
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