-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 1:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Software Pricing
>You'd think "IT" was the name of a new religion instead of a business expense.) Do the math. Then do what makes sense based on the math. Whatever it turns out to be. Are you one of the 'fortunate', who has no political fight over what to include in the 'math'? I have given up on TCO arguments, because they are more political than technical. <snip> I have found that one is expected to protect the emperor and their new clothes. But in reality, what is it that one puts into the TCO comparisons? Does one include the personnel expenses and other soft expenses related? And while asking this, how does one discover, or uncover the HCO (Hidden Costs of Operation/Ownership) to avoid getting caught on the next project? Later, Steve Thompson ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
