>I submit that many of those TCO studies don't include the cost of personel and >the resources required to support that inflated staff.
You'll get absolutely no argument from me on that one, having done a few studies, myself. In general, if it doesn't support management's agenda, it won't be included. They're not lying/fudging: "It's just a matter of the correct perspective/interpretation of the data". - Too busy driving to stop for gas! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

