On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 09:49:15 -0700, Craig White wrote: > ----- > 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. That was just a hypothetical, dude. I'm working with a client who is opting for a new $350,000 machine instead of an open-source solution with existing 1.5TB hardware they have now. That makes a 0/1 ratio, much less than what I stated above. -- --Alexander --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss