On Mon, 2004-06-07 at 01:20, Alexander Henry wrote:
> This would be like if every house in Tempe gets spammed with notices about  
> modern day knives being made with "inferrior" quality 440 steel.  That  
> kind of letter would only get the response of "so what?" from anybody  
> except swordsmiths.
> 
> Now, if you hear about a bloated contract that the city/county/state is  
> considering, and find contractors that can build an OSFS solution for 1/5  
> the up-front cost and 1/2 the maintenance cost, plus potential for  
> positive media for this newfangled OSFS stuff that's "cutting edge", THEN  
> you've got their ear.
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I think that a 1/5 up-front cost is entirely unrealistic
I think that 1/2 the maintenance cost is probably unrealistic and of
course, it all depends upon what you are calling maintenance costs.
Then of course, there is licensing costs (acquiring, record maintenance
- which for a governmental office, shouldn't be too difficult), security
costs, etc.

Bloated contracts are not new either to government procurement or to the
computer industry. 

Craig

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