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| From | Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: 1973--TI 8 digit electric calculator--$99.95 |
| Date | 2015-07-18 16:59 +0100 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <20150718165934.0400de9cfbcbdeb9a3fff5ea@eircom.net> (permalink) |
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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.
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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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