\_ SMTP quoth Lee Einer on 7/9/2002 05:42 as having spake thusly:
\_
\_ If the Maricopa County IT budget is $100 million, and somewhat less
\_ than 5% of that is spent on Microsoft software, it sounds like the
\_ county is dropping just under $5 million per year on Microsoft. 

That's not quite right on my read from der.hans:

 | m$ gets less than 5% of the total IT budget. 50% of that budget is for
 | labor, e.g. salaries.

So it seems that M$ catches less than 2.5M$/yr.  That, unfortunately,
also describes what I net in my job.  :-)

Remind me someday to become a a CEO someplace, reap millions by
milking the company/investors and then retire quietly to an island
with a T3 link.

David