If commercial software packages seem out of reach for many poor countries, the fundamental principles behind the emergence of Open Source software and the acquisition cost of software, often free of charge, is a great opportunity for developing countries.
Thereby, the most important cost factor is not software acquisition, but the time needed for learning and using the software.
The Veritas Software Corporation, a maker of data-storage management software, had a wider third-quarter loss on acquisition costs, as sales rose.
Customers say these include a lack of mature development tools, too many Linux variants, acquisition costs for more sophisticated versions of the software and lack of applications for small and medium-sized businesses.
This most likely reflects the acquisition costs that are rather high, in part reflecting the limited access to software that is only available together with a fluorescence microscope through a single company.
One huge and interesting differentiation point is Tippr's white-labeling of it's group buying software and group buying tactics, which it will license out (to big publishers most likely) to minimize merchant acquisition and consumer acquisition costs because of the leverage of publishers.
The Internet software and services company VeriSign Inc. reported a second-quarter loss of $11.2 billion, or $55.49 a share, including a one-time noncash charge of $9.9 billion related to acquisition costs.
Their user acquisition costs?
However, high acquisition costs remain a concern.
The other cost driver was the acquisition costs of UFT.
