In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Paul Boddie wrote: > On 15 Okt, 22:50, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > central.gen.new_zealand> wrote: > >> In message >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Paul >> Boddie wrote: >> >> > ... any absence of steep licensing costs isn't necessarily >> > an advantage in the consulting business since such stuff usually gets >> > passed onto the brand-obsessed customer. >> >> Sounds like you're talking about customers being bigger businesses, >> rather than smaller ones. Smaller businesses would indeed care about such >> costs. > > Yes, in big consulting it's all about big organisations and big > contracts, where the licensing fees can presumably be put in a budget > that has to be spent anyway, especially in the public sector.
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