Purchase the SoftComm package, which will operate on the vendor's hardware: Cost $250,000 for a five-year license, payable half up front and half during the first year of implementation.

The maintenance contract, at $75,000 a year, includes all currently identified modifications to the software for the first three years. The clerk's hours will be cut by half, for a saving of $25,000 a year. In both cases, sales are expected to increase from the current $1 million a year, by 10% per year each year (over each year's previous year's sales) after full implementation. Assume a five-year life for the software.