ASP or Enterprise models for ATS

Been seeing a few different threads on different boards lately about this topic.  Be careful in taking some of the discussions to heart because I've noticed the vendors are starting to understand the importance of them stating their opinions on boards too.. 

In a VERY short nutshell:

1) Understand your company's REAL needs.  Maybe you do need the multi-thousand dollar systems, but if everyone is honest, a lot of times a per seat ASP would work fine.

2)  Do you really need to own equipment and hire IT support staff?  If it's already in place, great!  If not, slow down and think.

3)  The data is what is important, not the source code.  If you can get by with a base package without a ton of mods, work that into your criteria.

4)  Use a weighted matrix to help you make a decision objectively and not which sales rep you like.