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

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On Sat, 18 Jul 2015 17:06:16 +0100
Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:

> In article <20150718165934.0400de9cfbcbdeb9a3fff5ea@eircom.net>, Ahem A
> Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
> 
> >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.
> 
> So they should be charging you rent for the equipment usage. So you
> need to have the capital, earning interest, to pay for that.

	Use of equipment is part of the fee - there's more than one way to
look at it.

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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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