Re: iSociety Fireside Chat recording available?

[Buck <kc2hiz@xxxxxxxxx>]

Tom wrote:
> Buck wrote:
>
> > It's just the way it is.  Not a complaint!  I need to figure out how 
> > to convince the boss to spend $800 per person plus a new annual 
> > maintenance expense, and if there's any place I'd like to see the 
> > conversation turn, that's it.  I like WDSC and want to keep using it.  
> > I need the ammo to convince the boss.
>
> This bit always confuses me. Now, as much as I realize that $800 is a 
> good chunk o'change when I pull it out of my pocket, and as much as I 
> realize that business expenses seem just to keep piling on, a dollar 
> here and a dollar there, it still can't sink in that $800 (plus $200/yr) 
> per developer is that big of a cost when viewed beside the cost of the 
> developer.

I don't understand it either.  Even buying a $79 book seems like 'too 
much' expense for so many companies.  Programmer productivity simply 
does not seem high on the list of priorities.
  --buck