[Koha] average cost of a Koha install?

[Andres Tarallo]

Fine question, but dificult to answer. When you choose a free software 
based solution you may have smaller aquisiton costs in the software side 
(you don't pay for licences), but you might have the same cost in 
services or salaries.

The salaries varies a lot from country to country, U$S 20 an hour is a 
VERY good salary in my country (Uruguay, think in argentina is the same) 
and 700 Euros a day is a little fortune (Who should I kill ?). For 
developing countries most free software solutions are far more 
convenient, and they have a social effect: money is earned by people who 
live in the country, pay taxes there and use the money there.

                                                             Andres

Adam Steer wrote:

>Hi Koha people
>
>What are the average costs of a Koha install? There's plenty of
>discussion about buying library systems around the traps here, and I
>realised that there's no real 'throwaway' numbers out there to allow
>people to make a comparison with slickly-marketed paid systems...
>
>So, if anyone is happy to do so, would it be possible to grab a few
>rough numbers for things like initial installation and setup, and any
>ongoing maintenance?
>
>Along with the numbers, any relevant data that affects the cost would
>be useful - ie number of sites, number of records to be transferred,
>time it took to move from system X to koha...
>
>The whole aim is to be able to say 'well, for your average school
>library, it might cost something like $xxxx if you need an external
>contractor to install and configure things..' - before having to go
>through the quoting process. A couple of ballpark figures might be
>handy..
>
>If people see a useful purpose for such data, I'll compile a set of
>average numbers and send it back for the FAQ...
>
>Cheers - and thanks!
>  
>