> How much have you spent on purchasing software this year? I work with tooling that costs on the order of $100k/seat. We don't get many add-ons, or it would

> How much have you spent on purchasing software this year? I work with tooling that costs on the order of $100k/seat. We don't get many add-ons, or it would be worse. You don't seem to understand how industrial software works. Negotiations involve the vendor figuring out how much your company is worth, and charging the largest fraction of that possible. The number of vendors in a niche is extremely small and they all work the same way.