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To: PFRice who wrote (3287)	9/12/1996 10:28:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	of 186894

Lawrence - My Comments - One company (MCA) claims they are SPENDING $5000/PC for annual support costs. IBM did a study with a customer (Burlington Coat Factory) that predicted that customer's support would be CUT from $9,500/year/PC TO $5000/year for an NC. Clearly, somebody thinks an NC WILL cost them $5000/year in support and another firm claims PCs are NOW costing $5000/year in support. My conclusion - Coats cost more to produce than music. Go figure. Paul {--------------------------------------------------------------} "...information officer for MCA Inc. Sure, hardware prices are falling, but on average, the movie studio spends about $5,000 annually on each of its 5,800 PCs to keep them running..." . According to a study IBM did with one of its customers that's testing a prototype network computer, the annual cost of owning and maintaining a desktop machine (including purchase price) can be cut from $9,500 a year per PC to $5,500 with a network device. Says Michael B. Prince, CIO for Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse: ``Economics will favor the network computer.''

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