>large companies are >just as sensitive to meeting costs as small companies or individuals. The whole >idea of tiered prices is based on a massive misunderstanding of the way companies >manage expenses. In fact, large corporations can be *more* sensitive to meeting costs, because they have better accounting processes in place. In London, I heard that IBM had a travel freeze; only a very few people had been able to get approval to come. My employer at the time, eCal, had sent me as a matter of course, just because it was what we always did. One month later, eCal announced it was going out of business. /========================================================\ |John Stracke |Principal Engineer | |jstracke@incentivesystems.com |Incentive Systems, Inc.| |http://www.incentivesystems.com |My opinions are my own.| |========================================================| |Organ transplants are best left to the professionals. | \========================================================/