Re: OT hardware question

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On 1/31/2014 15:06, m.roth@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> That's not going to happen. The budget won't allow that much for this
> item.

So find the person who chose that arbitrary number, and explain to them 
that in their ignorance, they chose a number that has no connection with 
reality.  Ask them -- now that they know what professional equipment 
actually costs -- if they would like to choose a new number.

We've been over this ground before, in your UPS battery thread, but I'll 
repeat that your salary costs are not fixed, sunk costs.  The time you 
spend futzing with poor quality equipment is time you don't spend doing 
other things.  If you don't include the portion of your salary with the 
budget, you're not doing the budget correctly.

A solution that costs $1,000 in hardware but takes 1/10 your average 
yearly time to hand-hold is more expensive than a solution that costs 
$10,000 and only needs a specialist to come in and check on it once a 
year.  If you think that's wrong, you aren't amortizing over the years 
the cameras are expected to last.  Your time is a recurring expense; the 
hardware isn't.  A pro-grade security camera should last many years.
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