On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, David A. Sinck wrote:

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> \_ SMTP quoth Lee Einer on 7/9/2002 05:42 as having spake thusly:
> \_
> \_ If the Maricopa County IT budget is $100 million, and somewhat less
> \_ than 5% of that is spent on Microsoft software, it sounds like the
> \_ county is dropping just under $5 million per year on Microsoft.
>
> That's not quite right on my read from der.hans:
>
>  | m$ gets less than 5% of the total IT budget. 50% of that budget is for
>  | labor, e.g. salaries.
>
> So it seems that M$ catches less than 2.5M$/yr.  That, unfortunately,
> also describes what I net in my job.  :-)
>
> Remind me someday to become a a CEO someplace, reap millions by
> milking the company/investors and then retire quietly to an island
> with a T3 link.

Maricopa total budget is USD 2 billion
Maricopa technology budget is USD 100 million (5% of total)
Maricopa technology salary is USD 50 million (50% of tech)
Maricopa Microsoft tax is USD 5 million (5% of tech)
Maricopa Microsoft indirect cost of ownership is unspecified