[plug] alternative business strategy?

[Quintin Lette]

On 2/12/06, Leon Brooks <leon at cyberknights.com.au> wrote:
> On Sunday 12 February 2006 10:50, John Knight wrote:
> > Is that saying it'd take a few years of what you would pay for
> > Office, to pay the developer? Or is it saying it'd wouldn't be
> > nearly as much?
>
> I don't think he's factored out the OEM price of MS-Office ($297 for
> SBE) across a 1000-user enterprise yet.

NFP pricing is cheaper than OEM, the $297 you quote is a fee payable
per upgrade (not annually) and most NFPs I work with have around the
100-150 users. (for a 3yearly upgrade of office for everyone you are
looking at 10-15k with your pricing, 15k of development won't get you
publisher)