[Info-vax] Ask the Wizard archives?

[Dave Froble]

On 5/27/2019 9:10 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 5/27/2019 8:40 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>> On 5/27/2019 7:42 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> On 5/25/2019 10:16 AM, Dave Froble wrote:
>>>> On 5/23/2019 10:37 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>>> Not true in well managed organizations.
>>>>
>>>> Let me know when you find one of these ....
>>>>
>>>> Not holding my breath waiting ....
>>>
>>> You are running your own company.
>>>
>>> So let me ask: does your company run like
>>> described by Kerry - CAPEX is a problem -
>>> no one cares about OPEX?
>>
>> Not really a good question.  I am my company, and costs are all the
>> same to me.
>
> Fair enough.
>
>> What Kerry's talking about is larger companies where there are such
>> divisions of responsibility.
>
> CAPEX and OPEX budgets actually get approved by the same people
> in large companies - they are just administered by different people.
>
> Operations can not increase their own OPEX budget.
>
> Operations can sometimes shift things around within the given
> OPEX budget.
>
>> The actual question is, do we "expense" it, or set it up on a
>> depreciation schedule.
>
> Yes. And there may be strong business opinions about one versus
> the other.
>
> But it is not like "nobody cares about OPEX".
>
> Arne
>
>

I certainly care, but any time one can push expenses into the future, 
instead of today, is usually a good thing.

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