Your reviewer got some emails about this post: "Fan Mail: your money or your job".
Five good computers would cost US$2000 * 5 = US$10,000
Chair, Furniture, Table = US$3000
Five copies of Delphi Ent. would cost US$2800 * 5 = US$14,000 (1)
Five copies of DevExpress Subscription would cost = US$1400 * 5 = US$7000
Five copies of Report Builder Enterprise would cost = US$750 * 5 = US$3750
Five copies of Eurka Log would cost = US$149 * 5 = US$745
The numbers comes to US$35,495.00 (2)
Your reviewer choose Delphi Enterprise to cover if not most of basic needs. The DevExpress subscription covers all their libraries, to get maximum cost benefits. Report Builder Enterprise was chosen because the Pro version was not sufficient enough. If you design complex reports, you need Ent. version because of run-time scripting (RAP) found in it. Eurkalog is for finding bugs/errors.
(1) Price increased from US$2100 to US$2800
(2) Price is estimated, without taxes and other costs
Let's say, you run your business for 1 year, the costs would be:
5 people * US$3500 = US$17,500 * 12 = US$210,000
Rent, Internet Fees, Other expenses = US$2900 * 12 = US$34,800
Costs would be for first year:
startup .. US$35,495.00 + US$210,000 + US$34,800
1st year = US$280,295.00
Now suppose after 2 or 3 years of running, with this current recession, you fall into hard times...
Can you sell out your copy of Delphi?
Nope. the license prohibits it. Since every year have recurring fees or upgrades, it would be valued much, much less.
Can you sell out your copy of DevExpress?
Nope. the license prohibits it. [Since every year have recurring fees or upgrades, it would be valued much, much less.]
Can you sell out your copy of RB-Ent?
Nope. the license prohibits it.
Can you sell out your copy of Eureka?
Nope. the license prohibits it.
Can you sell the computers?
by that time, it would be probably useless.
Can you sell the rent?
nope, the money is gone. Either the land-lord/or building owner/ or real-estate agent took your money.
Can you sell the people?
nope, slavery is not possible. :)
What can you sell as technology company to recover costs?
The bank is not interesting in playing funny games with source-code (since source-code is difficult to value) and the empty furniture would be next to worthless.
What would a company do about non-transferable licenses?
The best idea is to think about the whole thing as a time-share holiday (where you keep paying for benefits promised but does not exist, or you keep paying money over and over again to keep the subscription) or subscription to a pyramid scheme which if you do not make enough money to cover costs, you eventually become a loser.
If you look closely at costs, did you notice that most people who toot their trumpets hard about Delphi are one's and two's?
Why is it "just" Marco Cantu? Why not Marco, Alphonso & Lucio? The 3 italian "amico mio" (friends) doing Delphi?
Why is it "just" Marc Hoffman and Carlo? Why not Marc, Carlo, Ramond & Kirsten? What happened to Alef and Weyert?
Why is it "just" Nick Hodges? Why not also Julia the internet assistant to help Nick get more important things done and Julia handle the day-to-day activities? (such as marking the items on Quality Central as fixed instead of waiting for volunteers?)
You start to see reality as what it is...
Did you see the programmer (once was using delphi) on the street with a big loan, lots of debts, no house, no car? sounds familar?
Did you also see the unemployed Delphi developer who has constantly has no job, no money (wonder why?), not many employment opportunities?
:)
Five good computers would cost US$2000 * 5 = US$10,000
Chair, Furniture, Table = US$3000
Five copies of Delphi Ent. would cost US$2800 * 5 = US$14,000 (1)
Five copies of DevExpress Subscription would cost = US$1400 * 5 = US$7000
Five copies of Report Builder Enterprise would cost = US$750 * 5 = US$3750
Five copies of Eurka Log would cost = US$149 * 5 = US$745
The numbers comes to US$35,495.00 (2)
Your reviewer choose Delphi Enterprise to cover if not most of basic needs. The DevExpress subscription covers all their libraries, to get maximum cost benefits. Report Builder Enterprise was chosen because the Pro version was not sufficient enough. If you design complex reports, you need Ent. version because of run-time scripting (RAP) found in it. Eurkalog is for finding bugs/errors.
(1) Price increased from US$2100 to US$2800
(2) Price is estimated, without taxes and other costs
Let's say, you run your business for 1 year, the costs would be:
5 people * US$3500 = US$17,500 * 12 = US$210,000
Rent, Internet Fees, Other expenses = US$2900 * 12 = US$34,800
Costs would be for first year:
startup .. US$35,495.00 + US$210,000 + US$34,800
1st year = US$280,295.00
Now suppose after 2 or 3 years of running, with this current recession, you fall into hard times...
Can you sell out your copy of Delphi?
Nope. the license prohibits it. Since every year have recurring fees or upgrades, it would be valued much, much less.
Can you sell out your copy of DevExpress?
Nope. the license prohibits it. [Since every year have recurring fees or upgrades, it would be valued much, much less.]
Can you sell out your copy of RB-Ent?
Nope. the license prohibits it.
Can you sell out your copy of Eureka?
Nope. the license prohibits it.
Can you sell the computers?
by that time, it would be probably useless.
Can you sell the rent?
nope, the money is gone. Either the land-lord/or building owner/ or real-estate agent took your money.
Can you sell the people?
nope, slavery is not possible. :)
What can you sell as technology company to recover costs?
The bank is not interesting in playing funny games with source-code (since source-code is difficult to value) and the empty furniture would be next to worthless.
What would a company do about non-transferable licenses?
The best idea is to think about the whole thing as a time-share holiday (where you keep paying for benefits promised but does not exist, or you keep paying money over and over again to keep the subscription) or subscription to a pyramid scheme which if you do not make enough money to cover costs, you eventually become a loser.
If you look closely at costs, did you notice that most people who toot their trumpets hard about Delphi are one's and two's?
Why is it "just" Marco Cantu? Why not Marco, Alphonso & Lucio? The 3 italian "amico mio" (friends) doing Delphi?
Why is it "just" Marc Hoffman and Carlo? Why not Marc, Carlo, Ramond & Kirsten? What happened to Alef and Weyert?
Why is it "just" Nick Hodges? Why not also Julia the internet assistant to help Nick get more important things done and Julia handle the day-to-day activities? (such as marking the items on Quality Central as fixed instead of waiting for volunteers?)
You start to see reality as what it is...
Did you see the programmer (once was using delphi) on the street with a big loan, lots of debts, no house, no car? sounds familar?
Did you also see the unemployed Delphi developer who has constantly has no job, no money (wonder why?), not many employment opportunities?
:)
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