On 3/11/06, Diana Eichert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 10 Mar 2006, Kevin wrote: > SNIP > > Right. > > Because for-profit businesses wants to see return on their "investment", > > thus a company will seldom give stuff away because it feels good. > > Then you ( the generic you ) needs to do a better job of explaining to > management the cost savings associated with using OpenBSD. Management is > only interested in ROI, I know I used to be one.
Part of the cost savings is that there is no need for a per-machine license, so the company purchases one copy of each release CD set. On 3/11/06, L. V. Lammert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's a bunch of crap, really - funds spent purchasing OBSD product is a > valid business expense. As such, it if fully 'deductible' according to the > IRS rules. And again, the company buys exactly one release set every six months. > When you kick in a few more dollars, there's no problem > 'deducting' it as a normal business expense for 'consulting' - which it > is, expending budget for technical advice obtained. I'll have to try this argument on management, but I don't think I'll get very far :) Kevin
