Method and apparatus for assessing products

Details Method and apparatus for assessing products Method and apparatus for assessing products

2005-04-19

2009-02-24

Hayes, John W (Department: 3628)

Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co

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C705S001100, C717S136000, C717S137000, C706S925000

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07496544

ABSTRACT:
An improved method, apparatus, and computer instructions for evaluating acquisition costs for a software product. A set of questions regarding the software product is presented. The set of questions are selected from a source. Costs for acquiring the software product are identified in response to receiving a user input to the set of questions. A report is generated using the costs, wherein the report is used to evaluate whether to acquire the software product in response to identifying the costs.

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