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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 | 2015-07-19 07:32 +0100 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <20150719073209.34edd9e0120b40909281b28e@eircom.net> (permalink) |
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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.
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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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