Mine too -- but I'm not the one doing the cost justification.

Tom Kauffman
NIBCO, Inc

-----Original Message-----
From: David E Ehresman [mailto:deehre01 AT LOUISVILLE DOT EDU]
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 1:46 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: licensing (again... :( ) - some formal statements


> with our current discount the autochangers would run about $1,300
less
>over the three-year life of the system

To my way of thinking, $433/year is a BARGAIN for all the things TSM
does other than just write a tape.  It manages the whole
backup/restore/DRM process.

David Ehresman
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