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Re: 1973--TI 8 digit electric calculator--$99.95

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"Ahem A Rivet's Shot" <steveo@eircom.net> wrote in message 
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> On Sat, 18 Jul 2015 16:06:49 +0100
> Andrew Swallow <am.swallow@btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>> On 18/07/2015 15:14, Peter Flass wrote:
>> > jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> wrote:
>> {snip}
>>
>> >>
>> >> Please give an example where capital is not required.  I can't think 
>> >> of
>> >> anything.  Even prostitution requires a bedroom.
>> >>
>> >
>> > A lot of software development nowadays.  Most people have already made
>> > the capital investment by buying the hardware anyway.  After that all
>> > it takes is ability and time.
>> >
>> The hardware was bought with money. That is retained capital.
>
> In my freelance days software was usually developed on hardware
> owned by the customer (with some customers I had a policy of "You get your
> equipment back when I get my cheque"). So from my point of view it was a
> zero capital business.

Yes, but your customer still had to have the capital to buy that hardware. 

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Re: 1973--TI 8 digit electric calculator--$99.95 Andrew Swallow <am.swallow@btinternet.com> - 2015-07-18 16:06 +0100
  Re: 1973--TI 8 digit electric calculator--$99.95 Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2015-07-18 16:59 +0100
    Re: 1973--TI 8 digit electric calculator--$99.95 Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-07-18 17:06 +0100
      Re: 1973--TI 8 digit electric calculator--$99.95 Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2015-07-18 17:46 +0100
        Re: 1973--TI 8 digit electric calculator--$99.95 Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-07-18 18:29 +0100
          Re: 1973--TI 8 digit electric calculator--$99.95 Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2015-07-18 19:37 +0100
          Re: 1973--TI 8 digit electric calculator--$99.95 greymausg <maus@mail.com> - 2015-07-18 19:59 +0000
    Re: 1973--TI 8 digit electric calculator--$99.95 "kshy" <kshy@gmail.com> - 2015-07-19 07:30 +1000
      Re: 1973--TI 8 digit electric calculator--$99.95 Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2015-07-19 07:32 +0100
        Re: 1973--TI 8 digit electric calculator--$99.95 "kshy" <kshy@gmail.com> - 2015-07-19 17:01 +1000

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