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Re: Guidelines please


2005-07-27 09:11:05 AM
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Ingvar Nilsen writes:
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The biggest difference I personally see, is between ordinary employed
people and self-employed tradesmen. You notice this when talking abut
tax, expenses, efficiency, benefits and - development tools.
My company uses open book management, meaning every employee has both
the opportunity and responsibility to be aware of all of these things.
We review the financials regularly with every employee present. Most
companies aren't run this way, but it isn't uncommon, either:
www.inc.com/guides/hr/23178.html
-Craig
 
 

Re: Guidelines please

On 25 Jul 2005 16:02:55 -0700, "John Kaster (Borland)"
<XXXX@XXXXX.COM>writes:
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It wouldn't be 20% either. We could charge 1% and make FAR more than
Borland currently makes, but only if people actually did pay the 1%.
Epic sorta does that with their Unreal engines. You either pay a lot,
and no strings attached, or you pay way less, and you have to pay them
3% of the revenues.
www.unrealtechnology.com/html/licensing/terms.shtml
(Bert: notice the terms "Royalty-Bearing License" and "Royalty-Free
License")
It seems to me it would be way harder to implement this for a product
such as Delphi with sufficient success.
- Asbjørn
 

Re: Guidelines please

Craig Stuntz writes:
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The biggest difference I see between an individual developer and a
small company is that the individual developer worries most about the
cost of the tools and the small company worries most about the cost
of the programmer.
Yes, this is undoubtedly common. In larger companies, the purchase costs
of software is only a fraction of the total costs of acquiring and using
new software. The smaller the company, the more important the initial
price tag becomes.
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Simply asserting that other people can not possibly share your concerns
in the same way is unconvincing.
The biggest difference I personally see, is between ordinary employed
people and self-employed tradesmen. You notice this when talking abut
tax, expenses, efficiency, benefits and - development tools.
--
Ingvar Nilsen
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David Clegg writes:
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Ingvar Nilsen writes:


>Time spent here is worth it, if used the right way.


There's a right way? :-\
I have heard rumors, yes :-/
--
Ingvar Nilsen
www.ingvarius.com
 

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Bert Verhees <XXXX@XXXXX.COM>writes
<XXXX@XXXXX.COM>
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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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Bert Verhees <XXXX@XXXXX.COM>writes
<XXXX@XXXXX.COM>
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And while the keynote was going I walked on the outside of the hotel
where it was, to walk back to my hotel, and I heard loud disco music,
and was glad I did not stay.
That sentence only makes sense to me if the disco music was coming from the
hotel you were leaving.
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Ingvar Nilsen <XXXX@XXXXX.COM>writes
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>The more people argue, the more they convince themselves that they
>are right.

This depends totally on the ability to listen to others.
Sometimes it seems to me like my parrot is the best listener of all, since he
repeats things with far more accuracy than I see most of the time in this
newsgroup. <g>
But there is a point here, namely that it takes more than just the ability to
listen to others, but also an ability to apply good logic and reasoning to
what was said.
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John Jacobson aka Captain Jake writes:
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that all seemed to
come out of nowhere in the row between you and John Kaster.
Excuse me very much, but I didn't have "a row" and I'd appreciate
it if you would use your much vaunted linguistic skills more
accurately. All my attempts were to explain the innocuous concept of
royalties.
--
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Lord Crc writes:
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It seems to me it would be way harder to implement this for a product
such as Delphi with sufficient success.
yes, that is one of the primary reasons we've never bothered to pursue
it. As I said in MY FIRST POST ON THE SUBJECT (not yelling at you since
you appear to understand this, but trying to emphasize the point), this
was the basis of several "what if?" discussions we've had. The
enforceability of such an arrangement is the first thing to cast doubt
on it effectiveness.
--
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"John Kaster (Borland)" <XXXX@XXXXX.COM>writes
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Excuse me very much, but I didn't have "a row"
I'm under the impression people don't *have* a row, but that a row is
something that occurs *between* two people. I also did not say anything about
whether you were creating or antagonizing the situation or not.
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remains opinion nevertheless.
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"John Jacobson aka Captain Jake" wrote
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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...
And on the street old ladies would pat you on your cute little head and murmur,
"My such a clever boy - and doesn't his mother dress him nicely." ;-)
 

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John Jacobson aka Captain Jake writes:
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I'm under the impression people don't have a row, but that a row is
something that occurs between two people.
Ok, I see where you're coming from. However (as someone else who is in
the < 1 percentile), "row" is far more emotionally charged than
"disagreement."
See definition 3 at dictionary.reference.com/search
row
n.
A boisterous disturbance or quarrel; a brawl. See Synonyms at brawl.
An uproar; a great noise.
I think you can see from this definition why I take exception to your
choice of noun describing the ongoing discussion.
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Bert Verhees writes:
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An CEO never is hypothetical
I ask again, what in the world are you talking about?
--
Nick Hodges -- TeamB
Lemanix Corporation -- www.lemanix.com
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"John Kaster (Borland)" wrote
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Ok, I see where you're coming from. However (as someone else who is in
the < 1 percentile), "row" is far more emotionally charged than
"disagreement."

See definition 3 at dictionary.reference.com/search

row
n.
A boisterous disturbance or quarrel; a brawl. See Synonyms at brawl.
An uproar; a great noise.
OK John, I think I understand, it is like when my wife starts an argument it's
termed a "disagreement", if I start one it is called a "boisterous disturbance or
quarrel; a brawl." ;-)
Are you and Capt'n gonna start a "I'm in the < 1 percentile" club with his
talking parrot as your mascot?<r,d&h>
 

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Angra Mainyu writes:
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Are you and Capt'n gonna start a "I'm in the < 1 percentile" club
with his talking parrot as your mascot?
Nope. Just poking a stick at him ;)
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