> Recurring costs and savings of the same are very real things, and there is a ton of money to be saved by streamlining this for many businesses that have grown

> Recurring costs and savings of the same are very real things, and there is a ton of money to be saved by streamlining this for many businesses that have grown without pruning and/or streamlining their internal systems. Yes, streamlining can save a great deal of money, and consultants and businesses are making good money offering such services. But they are only represented once generally in financials of a company, unless that cost is reduced over time. > For most software businesses, it is more lucrative to spend resources increasing revenue, but at some point decreasing costs becomes worth it. For non-software businesses, the “some point” is usually right now. In general this is correct, but there are situations where cost savings aren't worth it. We see this play out with the idea of Linux vs Windows quite often, the reduction in cost switching to Linux is over shadowed by other issues such as training etc. Switching accounting systems, service providers etc might just not be worth the cost reduction.