From: Corey Lawson <corey.ssf.lawson@...>
Date: 2005-06-23T02:04:23+09:00
Subject: Re: Runtime vs Development

On 6/22/05, Matthew Berg <galt@gothpoodle.com> wrote:
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> You forgot a _lot_ of costs - network (switches, cabling, punch downs),
> racks, colocation space, power, air conditioning, etc.

...but a lot of those costs are one-time costs, or they scale well. It
does not cost 10x to administer 50 boxes vs 5 (unless they're Windows
boxes... *:o ).

> And programming is largely an initial cost, whereas administration,
> monitoring and maintenance are on going concerns.

Programming also includes upgrades and software maintenance, and the
time involved with those. The simpler language platform will cost less
to do this than the more complex language platform.

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> Matthew Berg <galt@gothpoodle.com>
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