[rescue] Oh no! This poor Origin server.....

[Dave McGuire]

On Apr 1, 2004, at 4:29 PM, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>> Now, that I don't get, either.  Is the depreciation -that-
>> -much- of a tax write-off that it offsets the costs of
>> buying new equipment?
>
> The depreciation alone is not the deciding factor, but add in support 
> costs (typically included with new hardware for a certain period of 
> time), software licenses, etc. and it becomes a reasonable decision.

   "Support costs".  So you pay a clueless vendor drone to have someone 
to yell at instead of hiring a competent technical staff and paying 
them enough to keep them around.

   I will *NEVER* work for a big company again.  Never.

> The idea is that by replacing 5 dual 400 MHz processor Ultra 2 systems 
> with one dual 1,000 MHz processor system can cut your Oracle software 
> license costs in half (ten CPU license to two CPU license)... Things 
> like that tip the scale, as I understand it.
>
> The depreciation is the total hardware cost comes off the taxable 
> amount (a $3,000 machine = $1,000 real reduction in taxes for an 
> imaginary 33 1/3% tax rate).
>
> NOW, Ssqueeze the hardware vendor for a better price on the 
> replacement hardware, and the new hardware can get quite cheap...

   Which, of course, means it's nothing more than suit bullshit.

        -Dave

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