On 15 May 2007 14:35:16 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (McKown, John)
wrote:

>1) They'll deny it by creative accounting.
>       This happened at one place that I worked when the PC revolution
>was "new". The individual departments were responsible for their own PC
>workstations and software. Therefore the "saving" for the old 3270
>devices were accrued to the IT department, showing that using PCs was
>more cost effective than 3270s.

Accounting for IS is always a political issue.

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