Ah, but that's just the straight software licensing and support costs, 
right? Don't forget all the training dollars they're spending on 
microsoft-only skills. And the higher powered and more expensive 
hardware required to do "the job" with MS products....

Lee Einer wrote:

>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. 
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