Brad Knowles wrote: > > Therein lies the problem. They don't see the 20M+ that is spent every > year in getting Microsoft Educational licenses as part of the cost of > Exchange, and even then they still have to pay closer to "normal" rates > for software licenses, OS licenses, hardware, etc.... Nor does that > account for the higher level of admin overhead, and the associated cost > with that. > > Sure, if you want to pay 10x-100x for Exchange as you would with an > open-source based solution (with commercial support, BTW), you can > probably make it perform adequately -- with 3-10x as much hardware > resources, 3-10x as much disk resources, at least 2-3x as much personnel > resources, etc.... > > I don't think there is any amount of money they could spend on Exchange > that would be considered "too much", because it's all "free" since we've > got this mega-million dollar annual support contract that we don't have > to account for as part of our budget.
Have you thought of putting a "reverse business case" into place ? Go into details of the cost of the current solution (of your pet solution you're suggesting), then the same for Exchange, and finally a comparison, and a table of pros, cons and cost of both. Chances is that it's still going to be rejected, but: -you might find out another reason you never thought of because you did not have the big picture in mind, or just did not know about some external factor. -you'll feel a lot better ! My experience is that I don't feel the need to ramble/whine once I've done that, I've made my point, it's documented and accessible to everybody, there is absolutely no more I can do about it. As somebody elses pointed out, more will hurt you without helping one bit. Honestly, that's like getting closure, until you do such a thing, you'll feel like you could have done more... -you won't even have to say "I told you so" afterwards, people all around you will be pointing to you document and say it for you. -the next time you warn management of an issue, they'll spend a lot more time listening to you. -- Yves. http://www.sollers.ca/ _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
