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In article <hoepfner.672628672@heawk1> hoepfner@heawk1.gsfc.nasa.gov (Patrick Hoepfner) writes:

>   At NASA we opened a blanket purchase agreement with several mail order 
>houses and a couple of local dealers so that when things are needed, the 
>scientists or engineers can get the software over night.  I think that in 
>many cases it isn't even the cost.  If you have to wait 3-4 months to get 
>an application (or even an upgrade to one) who is going to bother! 

Right on, it's the paperwork.  Not only does paperwork cost absurd
delays, but I'm all but certain that the actual cost of doing the
paperwork, should anybody ever really measure it, typically exceeds
the cost of the software itself.  It's a cost-saving measure, you see,
to make sure that we don't make unnecessary purchases....

Oh, yeah--disclaimer.  Nothing I say should be construed as the
opinion of my employer.


-- Dave Matuszek (dave@prc.unisys.com)  I don't speak for my employer. --
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