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From: ittai@SHEMESH.GBA.NYU.EDU (Ittai Hershman)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kerberos
Subject: Re: costs of kerberos and X.500
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Date: 18 Dec 89 23:37:55 GMT
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> ...  A computer center supporting a user population of
> about 2,000 would probably have a budget of about $30 million/year.

As a computer center manager I find this number hard to believe.  In
terms of operating budget, I think one to two million dollars/year is
more than adequate for 2000 users -- about 50% of that goes for wages
and salaries of support staff.

Maybe in the industrial-military complex $30 mil is budgeted :-).

-Ittai