[ga] FYI: software costs

[Roeland Meyer <rmeyer@mhsc.com>]

> From: Robin Miller [mailto:robin@minervan.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 2:48 AM

> But still - I see no reason to use software that costs more 
> than my computer
> does. Its against my philosophy on buying software. I know 
> how development
> costs are. I have enough programmer friends, most with their 
> own businesses.

At one time, like you, I refused to pay inflated software prices. I still
do. At one time, Borland had a reasonable licensing policy...no longer.

Recent SW expenditures;

DreamWeaver UtltraDev 	-   $600
Jbuilder Enterprise 	- $3,000
Rational Rose		- $6,000
Oracle Enterprise		- $2,500
Win2Kserver			- $1,500
MS-Exchange			- $1,000
Total				 $14,600

The machines this all runs on;
3 Linux hosts	$1500
2 Win2K hosts	$2500
1 Win2K laptop	$3000
Total			$7000

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