Once you go mini...

[Peter Korsten]

Nigel Kersten schreef op 25-2-2015 om 23:11:

> On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 2:02 PM, Peter Korsten <peter at severity-one.com 
> <mailto:peter at severity-one.com>> wrote:
>
>     Also, a VERY important consideration is that my wage is an
>     operational expenditure, too, and is being paid from the same
>     money as the yearly licenses. :)
>
>
> Free Software all the way then :)

Actually, I'm very much for "buy what you can, build what you must".

We actually spend a serious amount of money on software, like Oracle. I 
would choose Oracle over MySQL and PostgreSQL any day, especially if I 
don't have to set it up and maintain it. Heck, I've written complete 
applications in PL/SQL.

I've heard rough figures of what we're paying Accenture to implement 
Siebel and middleware, and let's just say that it's a good thing we're a 
profitable company.

But buy, not rent, software, though I understand that your product 
doesn't lend itself well to one-off payments, not if you want to remain 
in business.

- Peter