On Thu, 2010-10-14 at 11:43 +0530, Roshan Mathews wrote: > On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 11:36, Kenneth Gonsalves > <[email protected]> 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?
he got the contract - I have no idea what fraction this was of the total cost of setting up the network, but it would have been only a small fraction. (btw, there is a company that charges 2.5 lakhs to set up a 60 seat FOSS lab - and Basker does it free. So who makes more money?) -- regards KG http://lawgon.livejournal.com _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
