Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator

This is a simple web-based tool to calculate the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for a software application. The calculator takes into account various cost components, such as initial costs, ongoing costs, indirect costs, direct costs, and depreciation, over a specified number of years.

Features

• Initial Costs: Includes expenses like software license fees, hardware costs, and implementation fees.
• Ongoing Costs: Considers recurring costs such as maintenance, support, updates, and training.
• Indirect Costs: Accounts for productivity loss, downtime, and other indirect expenses.
• Direct Costs: Involves operational costs, salaries of IT staff, and other direct expenditures.
• Depreciation: Calculates the depreciation of assets over time.
• Customizable Time Period: Calculate TCO over a specified number of years.

How to Use

1. Input Costs: Enter the values for initial costs, ongoing costs, indirect costs, direct costs, and depreciation in the respective fields.
2. Set Time Period: Enter the number of years for which you want to calculate the TCO.
3. Calculate: Click the "Calculate TCO" button to see the total cost of ownership.

The result will be displayed as a total dollar amount, representing the overall cost of ownership over the specified period.

Project Structure

• index.html: The main HTML file containing the structure of the TCO calculator.
• styles.css: The CSS file for styling the calculator.
• script.js: The JavaScript file that performs the TCO calculations.
• README.md: This file, providing an overview of the project.

Deployment

This tool is hosted on GitHub Pages. To deploy the calculator:

1. Clone or download the repository to your local machine.
2. Make any necessary changes to the code.
3. Push the changes to your GitHub repository.
4. Enable GitHub Pages in your repository settings, and choose the branch where the files are located.

Your TCO calculator will be live at https://your-username.github.io/your-repository-name.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you have ideas for improving the calculator or find any bugs, feel free to submit an issue or a pull request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more details.

Acknowledgments

Special thanks to the open-source community for providing tools and libraries that make projects like this possible.

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