Well of course it wasn't strictly apples-to-apples because I did leave off the cost of the DCs, the hardware, and the initial license acquisition. But those co

Well of course it wasn't strictly apples-to-apples because I did leave off the cost of the DCs, the hardware, and the initial license acquisition. But those costs are shared across multiple teams, amortized over long lifespans, etc, and we also get volume discounts. But even taking that all into account - for 24M we can, and have, bought about a PB of storage, multiple blades and enclosures, licensed OS, and acommodate the salaries of the teams we need to run it all. I'd hazard a guess that that 24M is a pretty significant portion of the entire IT budget, in fact.