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They have at least 2K customers according to this: http://www.king5.com/tech/schools-businesses-emergency-respo...

Not sure what each customer was charged, but it sounds like the app/system was resold to individual customers at a pretty hefty price.

What was included in the 70k? Typically the govt agency I work for bundles things like support for 5 years, professional services, data migration, maybe even hosting into the "purchase" price because capital is easier to get than operating budget.

The article says $70k of development costs were funded and that the app itself is free.

That doesn't seem like enough funding for a secure app with proper testing, and a free app is a terrible idea if they want software that is maintained and supported.

I read it as they charged one customer $70k. I imagine they plan on having more customers at some point.

OSHA paid $200,000 for what was essentially a glorified weather app. $70,000 for this seems like a bargain.

http://www.cultofmac.com/132300/occupy-app-store-u-s-governm...