Re: Specific Questions

[Karl Denninger <karl@Mcs.Net>]

> On Thu, 26 Dec 1996, Karl Denninger wrote:
> 
> > There are ways to cut these costs down to size.  Among other things the IAHC
> > might have done to take advantage of this include standardizing on one
> > platform between participants (ie: Win95, so they could use Netmeeting for
> > electronic conferencing -- imagine that, using the Internet for
> > administering itself :-)
> 
> Great idea Karl. Buy every IAHC member a Pentium system with sound
> capabilities and ISDN connections with Win95 and Netmeeting installed and
> configured. This should cost $8,000 per member when you add up the cost
> for equipment, software, paying someone to do the initial configuration
> and paying someone to install the system at each member's location.
> Doesn't include shipping charges or any customs fees. Of course this also
> means that ISDN Internet connections have to be available at each
> location. And each IAHC member has to learn how to use Win95 and
> Netmeeting.

I can easily equip an office of 20 people with LAPTOPS up to this job for
under $3,000 per person.  That's $60K.

> > Its AMAZING what people will do to control costs when they have to pay 
> > those costs out of their own pockets, and its REALLY amazing just how
> > functional such systems are when designed by people who not only have to 
> > use them, but pay for them as well.
> 
> Yep, it's just amazing how people will use tried and true and cheap
> technology like phones, email and dumb terminals when there is so much
> flaky, expensive, and hard to learn whiz-bang technology available.
> 
> Michael Dillon                   -               Internet & ISP Consulting

Oh yeah, its expensive.

But $400,000 worth of expensive?  You only get THAT by paying people's
conference call bills and airline tickets.  

There are less expensive ways to do this.

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