Another satisfied opensource business

[James McDonald]

Collins Richey wrote:
> Interesting counter to all those M$ adds touting a lower TCO.
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> http://chasesagum.com/open-source-saved-me-100000
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We purchased MFG/Pro from QAD and I think it was installed for about 
200k. However each improvement or modification is at the cost of a 
consultants time at around AUD $250 an hour. Each new module costs 
between 5000-50000 dollars. And then the 'improvement' or module fails 
to work so it's another 3 to 4 weeks of hack/fix to get it working. Then 
you have the yearly slug for support and licensing and you probably  are 
paying  another 50-100k per annum for the product.

I think in the end it would be better to buy an OpenMFG or Compiere 
license and then employ a programmer from the projects community full 
time to make it do what you want.