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photon · 02-13-2023, 08:06 AM

In general I hate it when companies refuse to listen to reason when it comes to licensing costs for software.

The deciding factor should be value not cost. A site license for some software might cost $50,000 but if it saves $500,000 in costs for peoples' time then it should be a no brainer.

That said I have no experience with Salesforce outside of some technical stuff so I don't know if it's justified, but there's lots of cheaper or open source issue tracking software out there, I'm skeptical that Salesforce provides enough value to justify the cost if that's all it's being used for. But again if the value can be demonstrated then booting it is the kind of thing that looks good for some spreadsheet somewhere but can result in a net loss in productivity.

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photon The new goggles also do nothing. Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Calgary Exp:	In general I hate it when companies refuse to listen to reason when it comes to licensing costs for software. The deciding factor should be value not cost. A site license for some software might cost $50,000 but if it saves $500,000 in costs for peoples' time then it should be a no brainer. That said I have no experience with Salesforce outside of some technical stuff so I don't know if it's justified, but there's lots of cheaper or open source issue tracking software out there, I'm skeptical that Salesforce provides enough value to justify the cost if that's all it's being used for. But again if the value can be demonstrated then booting it is the kind of thing that looks good for some spreadsheet somewhere but can result in a net loss in productivity. __________________ Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.