Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.

Re: Firewalls, Hooray

Author:David Valentine
Posted:5/5/2000; 10:16:30 AM
Topic:scriptingNews outline for 5/5/2000
Msg #:16995 (In response to 16987)
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Which is why IT Managers should stick by thier guns, and convince the PHB's to pony up for solutions which may not be free.

PHB: The MS representative I talked to last week said that MS outlook has all the features of XXX, and XXX, and it comes free with MS Office.

IT: It's my ass on the line. Outlook is free, but we have to buy a user license for everyone accessing the server. And a full copy of office for everyone, even if they only use word.

PHB: But Outlook is free, right? Office is below the big hassle purchase order price, and we need a server, so MS is the best solution.

I tried to get an office that was just opening up to use framemaker, and notes. Of course a concurrent license of frame runs $1200, and notes runs about the same cost as exchange. Office came with every computer ordered through the gateway/dell so it was a no go. And a people spent hours reformatting the documents to specs, but that was a billable expense.

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