Our IT department is looking at increasing our investments in open source solutions like Linux, because they want more control. We are performance a financial analysis of this initiative. Someone on the team proposed looking at Apple (Macs) as an alternative. Of course, everyone scoffed at the idea. The real choice seems to be between Microsoft Windows and Red Hat Linux. It is clear, however, that no one in our organization has looked at the data. Does anyone have experience with a migration to Apple for enterprise or business software / computing. At a minimum, I would like to know of any trends for Apple in the enterprise or business computing segment.

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We are working on an acquisition. My boss wants me to calculate the Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) for the target company. She does not want me to calculate our Return on Investment ROI for the acquisition. I think she wants me to measure the effectiveness of their internal capital investments. I am not sure how to calculate return on invested capital.

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We have an internal software development team. They develop new products, but they also maintain existing products. What costs get capitalized? Does all development for new products get capitalized? Is there any discretion. For example, if the product is an add-on to an existing solution, does that matter. We would prefer to take the expense in the current year to reduce taxable income, but I'm not sure if that is permitted. What about the maintenance work? Is software maintenance work (done by the same people) always an expense? Under what circumstances would it be capitalized? I need to know the GAAP treatment.

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We are a small but growing company. We have not provided any health insurance for our employees, but are now looking at options. There are a host of options. We do not necessary need recommendations of specific providers. At this stage, we need to know how to ask intelligent questions. For example, we have a mostly young and healthy staff. Should we just offer a high deductible option?

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You should also look at comparable companies. Public company comparisons are limited because they have advantages that small companies do not have: scale, distribution and the like. But they also have limitations, especially related to growth. They do not grow as fast, because their growth comes on a big base.

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