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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 
news:20150719073209.34edd9e0120b40909281b28e@eircom.net...
> On Sun, 19 Jul 2015 07:30:13 +1000
> "kshy" <kshy@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> "Ahem A Rivet's Shot" <steveo@eircom.net> wrote in message
>> news:20150718165934.0400de9cfbcbdeb9a3fff5ea@eircom.net...
>> > 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.
>
> That's my customer's business not mine.

Sure, but that capital still had to be provided so they could let you
use that hardware until you returned it after you had been paid. 

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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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