Open standards are discussed separately.
Proprietary solutions have some advantages, notably that they do usually work as the people
developing only have to meet their own needs, not the generic needs of all which allows them to
optimise the system and fully test it. However it does mean that it will only work with other
systems that have implemented the same solution.
This can also affect the order in which systems are implemented. Thus, although there is likely to
be a logical order for changing the systems from a functional point of view, perhaps because some
systems no longer offer all the functionality that is currently required.
However, when building an MLE it is also important to look at which systems are to be integrated
and the nature of that integration. Some systems are much more open to integration and the
development of a web interface than others. It is thus possible that some systems may have to be
replaced earlier for technical reasons than might otherwise be the case.