Someone is choosing a numerical control system. Someone is buying a copier that has more computer power than your entire school had when you got your degree. Someone is losing at a computer game that might have overloaded the big computer you bought 15 years ago. What is costing you is the time your people spend on selecting technology . The hardware is cheap.
Software is almost cheap.
But support is getting expensive. Your people's time and focus are what could be your competitive advantage next year. If your line teams buy only half the things they are looking at, you will spend more in opportunity costs than you want to calculate. That's what has changed. You could rely on them to design technology investments so they made sense for your business.