You become keenly aware of this if you run a small business and run the IT. Once something is provisioned and in production you maintain it as long as physicall

You become keenly aware of this if you run a small business and run the IT. Once something is provisioned and in production you maintain it as long as physically possible. Buying a new one is not expensive. The time to get it set up can be 10x the cost of the item in terms of hours.