Setup. Training, DB Conversion, Docs for $2500?!?!
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$2500 buys you maybe a week from a low-end integrator (and most likely one of their lowliest techs). If he's an idependant, maybe 2 weeks
worth of time. While he may have been able to setup everything in less than 2 weeks, there's no way he could have done a reasonable study, documented everything, and trained the users for that cost...
That definately affects the TCO -- labor! While they saved $$ on the software and got off the MS treadmill, the labor costs to implement his solution vs. the MS one are substantal.
So, while it may be the "better" solution, don't make it out to be cheaper....
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$2500 buys you maybe a week from a low-end integrator (and most likely one of their lowliest techs). If he's an idependant, maybe 2 weeks
worth of time. While he may have been able to setup everything in less than 2 weeks, there's no way he could have done a reasonable study, documented everything, and trained the users for that cost...
That definately affects the TCO -- labor! While they saved $$ on the software and got off the MS treadmill, the labor costs to implement his solution vs. the MS one are substantal.
So, while it may be the "better" solution, don't make it out to be cheaper....