On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 11:36, Kenneth Gonsalves <law...@thenilgiris.com> wrote: > typical example: a friend was asked to quote for some complicated > network setup. The windows people had quoted something like 8 lakhs for > software and 1.5 lakhs for installation and configuration. My friend > quoted 0 lakhs for software and 7.5 lakhs for installation, > configuration and one year support. So who earned more? Typically since > the software is free and installation and configuration are one time > affairs, we can charge much more than the proprietary guys. (and our > time is worth much more) > Did your friend get the contract? A company might be swayed by a 26% saving in software cost. But what fraction was this of the total costs of setting up the network?
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