...agencies spent about $9 billion in 2015 on software licenses...
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9 Billion? not sure why this is shocking to me, but it is shocking to me. "S. 2340 would amend federal laws related to managing the federal government’s licenses for information technology software. The bill would require the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue a directive to each federal agency to develop a comprehensive policy for software licensing including a complete inventory of software licenses and to develop a mechanism to track, maintain, and analyze software use. Most of the provisions of the bill would codify and expand current policies and practices of the federal government. OMB has reported that agencies spent about $9 billion in 2015 on software licenses. The Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) recently directed agencies to acquire and manage software in a more coordinated way. In addition, the Enterprise Software Category Team, managed by the General Services Administration, the Department of Defense, and OMB, is developing government-wide agreements for obtaining software licenses. Because such efforts to better manage software licenses are already underway, CBO estimates that the bill would not substantially change those efforts, and that implementing S. 2340 would have no significant net impact on the federal budget over the next five years. The bill could affect direct spending by agencies not funded through annual appropriations; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures apply. CBO estimates, however, that any net change in spending by those agencies would not be significant. Enacting S. 2340 would not affect revenues." S. 2340, MEGABYTE Act of 2015 | Congressional Budget Office[^]
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9 Billion? not sure why this is shocking to me, but it is shocking to me. "S. 2340 would amend federal laws related to managing the federal government’s licenses for information technology software. The bill would require the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue a directive to each federal agency to develop a comprehensive policy for software licensing including a complete inventory of software licenses and to develop a mechanism to track, maintain, and analyze software use. Most of the provisions of the bill would codify and expand current policies and practices of the federal government. OMB has reported that agencies spent about $9 billion in 2015 on software licenses. The Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) recently directed agencies to acquire and manage software in a more coordinated way. In addition, the Enterprise Software Category Team, managed by the General Services Administration, the Department of Defense, and OMB, is developing government-wide agreements for obtaining software licenses. Because such efforts to better manage software licenses are already underway, CBO estimates that the bill would not substantially change those efforts, and that implementing S. 2340 would have no significant net impact on the federal budget over the next five years. The bill could affect direct spending by agencies not funded through annual appropriations; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures apply. CBO estimates, however, that any net change in spending by those agencies would not be significant. Enacting S. 2340 would not affect revenues." S. 2340, MEGABYTE Act of 2015 | Congressional Budget Office[^]
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I think of it this way - that's $9 billion that is going into the economy from tax payers. So taxpayers are supporting the creation of more jobs in the software industry as well as all the other associated businesses(all the sandwich shops, nurseries, garages, gyms etc. that are in the vicinity of where the software company people work). This is all assuming that the software companies are US based.
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I think of it this way - that's $9 billion that is going into the economy from tax payers. So taxpayers are supporting the creation of more jobs in the software industry as well as all the other associated businesses(all the sandwich shops, nurseries, garages, gyms etc. that are in the vicinity of where the software company people work). This is all assuming that the software companies are US based.
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GuyThiebaut wrote:
I think of it this way - that's $9 billion that is going into the economy from tax payers.
Right. I was also just thinking that 9 Billion divided by the price of Windows 10 Pro (unofficial government rate $150) is 60,000,000 copies of Windows or (unofficial government rate for Office 2016 $160) is 56,250,000 copies of Office 2016. :) [edit: oops I used 9 Million instead of 9 Billion so I fixed above to stop the replies , oh the replies :doh: ]
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GuyThiebaut wrote:
I think of it this way - that's $9 billion that is going into the economy from tax payers.
Right. I was also just thinking that 9 Billion divided by the price of Windows 10 Pro (unofficial government rate $150) is 60,000,000 copies of Windows or (unofficial government rate for Office 2016 $160) is 56,250,000 copies of Office 2016. :) [edit: oops I used 9 Million instead of 9 Billion so I fixed above to stop the replies , oh the replies :doh: ]
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JoeSox wrote:
Right. I was also just thinking that 9 Billion divided by the price of Windows 10 Pro (unofficial government rate $150) is 60,000,000 copies of Windows or (unofficial government rate for Office 2016 $160) is 56,250,000 copies of Office 2016.
FTFY You calculated for 9 million not billion (which in the US is the same as Milliard[^] to some others)
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GuyThiebaut wrote:
I think of it this way - that's $9 billion that is going into the economy from tax payers.
Right. I was also just thinking that 9 Billion divided by the price of Windows 10 Pro (unofficial government rate $150) is 60,000,000 copies of Windows or (unofficial government rate for Office 2016 $160) is 56,250,000 copies of Office 2016. :) [edit: oops I used 9 Million instead of 9 Billion so I fixed above to stop the replies , oh the replies :doh: ]
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JoeSox wrote:
9 Billion divided by the price of Windows 10 Pro (unofficial government rate $150) is 60,000 copies of Windows
Er .. try ... 60 million copies!
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JoeSox wrote:
Right. I was also just thinking that 9 Billion divided by the price of Windows 10 Pro (unofficial government rate $150) is 60,000,000 copies of Windows or (unofficial government rate for Office 2016 $160) is 56,250,000 copies of Office 2016.
FTFY You calculated for 9 million not billion (which in the US is the same as Milliard[^] to some others)
"Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed." - G.K. Chesterton
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9 Billion? not sure why this is shocking to me, but it is shocking to me. "S. 2340 would amend federal laws related to managing the federal government’s licenses for information technology software. The bill would require the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue a directive to each federal agency to develop a comprehensive policy for software licensing including a complete inventory of software licenses and to develop a mechanism to track, maintain, and analyze software use. Most of the provisions of the bill would codify and expand current policies and practices of the federal government. OMB has reported that agencies spent about $9 billion in 2015 on software licenses. The Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) recently directed agencies to acquire and manage software in a more coordinated way. In addition, the Enterprise Software Category Team, managed by the General Services Administration, the Department of Defense, and OMB, is developing government-wide agreements for obtaining software licenses. Because such efforts to better manage software licenses are already underway, CBO estimates that the bill would not substantially change those efforts, and that implementing S. 2340 would have no significant net impact on the federal budget over the next five years. The bill could affect direct spending by agencies not funded through annual appropriations; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures apply. CBO estimates, however, that any net change in spending by those agencies would not be significant. Enacting S. 2340 would not affect revenues." S. 2340, MEGABYTE Act of 2015 | Congressional Budget Office[^]
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What they fail to mention is that the effort to track the software licenses and purchases on such a scale will cost $11 billion to implement.
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JoeSox wrote:
Right. I was also just thinking that 9 Billion divided by the price of Windows 10 Pro (unofficial government rate $150) is 60,000,000 copies of Windows or (unofficial government rate for Office 2016 $160) is 56,250,000 copies of Office 2016.
FTFY You calculated for 9 million not billion (which in the US is the same as Milliard[^] to some others)
"Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed." - G.K. Chesterton
No worries, just like me and that lander. Feet per second not meters per second. Doh!
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9 Billion? not sure why this is shocking to me, but it is shocking to me. "S. 2340 would amend federal laws related to managing the federal government’s licenses for information technology software. The bill would require the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue a directive to each federal agency to develop a comprehensive policy for software licensing including a complete inventory of software licenses and to develop a mechanism to track, maintain, and analyze software use. Most of the provisions of the bill would codify and expand current policies and practices of the federal government. OMB has reported that agencies spent about $9 billion in 2015 on software licenses. The Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) recently directed agencies to acquire and manage software in a more coordinated way. In addition, the Enterprise Software Category Team, managed by the General Services Administration, the Department of Defense, and OMB, is developing government-wide agreements for obtaining software licenses. Because such efforts to better manage software licenses are already underway, CBO estimates that the bill would not substantially change those efforts, and that implementing S. 2340 would have no significant net impact on the federal budget over the next five years. The bill could affect direct spending by agencies not funded through annual appropriations; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures apply. CBO estimates, however, that any net change in spending by those agencies would not be significant. Enacting S. 2340 would not affect revenues." S. 2340, MEGABYTE Act of 2015 | Congressional Budget Office[^]
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How many software companies did this money go to? I'm willing to bet that the bulk of it went to just two. Follow the money, don't just look on in horror.
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