Maintenance fees-usually 22% of a program's price per year-have become an ever bigger part of firms' technology budgets and of software vendors' income.
维护费——通常是每年22%的软件价格——已经成为公司技术预算和软体开发商收入中更庞大的组成部分。
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Installations of software tend to take months, maintenance costs more than the original product price, and unexpected delays and down time result in a massive drop in productivity.
Costs for such environments include the purchase price and maintenance for the operating system, initial outlays and upgrades for hardware, and other administration expenditures.