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Fuller said, you get Delphi for free, if I get 20% of the money you make
with Delphi. Later was said 1%, but the thought is the same only the
amount differs.
Fuller is at that moment having an opinion about how much money I should
make with Delphi. He needs that opinion, or else that businessmodel
would be very uncertain and therefore risky and unprofessional for an CEO.
So, in fact he is interfering in my business, and wants to know how
productive I am when using Delphi.
I will never allow Borland to know that much about me. I call that
interfering in my personal live, and the desire to do so, I call sick.
Previous is said independent of following:
One step after that is that Borland is going to dictate how I have to
earn my money
Near as I can tell you haven't understood Dale's statement at all, and have
gone off on a tangent based on that misunderstanding. English is my first
language. I consistently excelled in all verbal skills back when I was in
school and in standardized tests, so I am willing to entertain the theory
that I understand English better than most people (actually according to the
standardized tests, better than over 99% of the U.S. population, not to put
too fine a point on it). I read Dale's statement as meaning that even the
Architect version is a great deal when you compare it to the money that
Delphi helps you make. There was nothing in Dale's comment about basing a
business model on the revenues or profits of Delphi users, that all seemed to
come out of nowhere in the row between you and John Kaster. As for
"interfering with your business", well, not only was there nothing in Dale's
statement to suggest anything of the sort, but I can not even see how you could
get that out of anything anyone else has said here either.
I think this is an excellent opportunity for you to take the high road and
admit you erred in your interpretation of Dale's statement.
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Everything in this post is mere opinion.
It might be very well formed opinion based
on an uncanny grasp of the facts, but it
remains opinion nevertheless.
Here's where you will find Absolute Truth:
blogs.slcdug.org/jjacobson/
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