[346] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Usage Charges
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim Symchych)
Mon Mar 11 18:49:23 1991
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 91 22:27:56 EST
From: symchych@crc.skl.dnd.ca (Tim Symchych)
To: fair@apple.com
Cc: bzs@world.std.com(Barry Shein), com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <9390.667706176@apple.com>
>Usage charges of any type make beancounters nervous because it means
>that costs will be unpredictable unless you budget for the maximum,
>as in Barry Shein's model. However, budgeting for the maximum makes
>them see a "cost reduction opportunity" which you have to argue over.
>Usage charges are there to provide economic incentive not to use a
>service, or not to use it to its full extent. ...
Erik:
The budget (the money) may not be your problem, but it should be.
Somewhere along the line, I found that if you control the budget,
two things happen: (1) you get what you want, and (2) you start to
pay more attention to what you get for your money. From my budget's
point of view, usage charges let me pay for what I use, not what I
think I need.
regards
tim
