Comments on: Over One Thousand Dollars For Software Per Computer? http://www.stuartsheldon.org/blog/2009/08/over-one-thousand-dollars-for-software-per-computer/ Open Source, The Universe & Everything... Wed, 03 Nov 2010 05:25:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: w6bi http://www.stuartsheldon.org/blog/2009/08/over-one-thousand-dollars-for-software-per-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-6 w6bi Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:50:43 +0000 http://www.stuartsheldon.org/blog/?p=551#comment-6 Here's the numbers I came up with for a presentation I gave at CIPCUG recently: Computer - $580 which consists of: Hardware - $500 Operating System (Windows) - $80 <--- the OEM's "Windows Tax" Software MS Office 2007 - $409 Visio - $399 MS Project - $450 Photoshop - $630 ======================= Hardware: $500 Software: $1978! Yikes! 4x the cost of the hardware! Here’s the numbers I came up with for a presentation I gave at CIPCUG recently:

Computer – $580 which consists of:
Hardware – $500
Operating System (Windows) – $80 <— the OEM's "Windows Tax"

Software
MS Office 2007 – $409
Visio – $399
MS Project – $450
Photoshop – $630
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Hardware: $500
Software: $1978! Yikes! 4x the cost of the hardware!

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