Re: [ILUG-BOM] RE: is this foss?

Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:

this is 'happening'. In the example of states A,B and C that i gave, it wasnt in the land revenue department and I have disguised the names of the states and the vendor. But it was the same vendor in all three cases and the vendor got paid in full by all three states

How are the charges for software creation, customization and implementation distributed in a deal between the vendor and the client. In case of big organizations like the Govt., a major chunk could be going into the customization, installation and setup itself, so even if they re-use code, they still incur major expenses other than creation of software.