Once upon a time, I seem to recall reading an article attributed to Gartner that proposed a ROT (rule of thumb) for estimating the total cost for a project at about 20% hardware/software and 80% 'hidden' costs.
Anyone recall such an article and can point me to an authoritative source? Thanks ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

