Assurance (Score 1)

I think a business is willing to spend a lot of money for a "warranty".

I mean, a manager need a warranty that a project
will be completed in time and will do the work;
he could spend a lot of money to get this warranty.

So he is not paying for the quality, or for the
men hours spent on the project: he is really
paying for the warranty (in the broadest sense).

I'm not surprised that a lot of money can
be spent on software.

That's the way I usually ask (a lot of) money for
GPL software to my customers. We basically
work as an assurance company.

Davide Barbieri
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http://www.prosa.it - the free software company