One of the reasons these programs generate so much money for their creators
is the amount of money they generate for the businesses that use them. If
they weren't useful they would be selling for next to nothing.
I may grouse that sports figures make far more than I do (as a teacher) but
I cannot deny the business sense of a contract that generates far more than
it costs. I, on the other hand, generate little in actual revenue. My
value would be hard to establish on a spreadsheet, and it would be more
difficult still to find a society that would be willing to hand over the
salary that spreadsheet might justify. So is life. Thankfully, my rewards
are mostly intrinsic.
Gregg
Larry wrote:
I see your point, yet there's still enough cash profit lying around to put
these
guys in the highest tax brackets.
Larry
Jim Couch wrote:
> Much of the 'overpriced' portion of software is because of the fact
that so much
> of it gets stolen instead of sold. The sad thing is, it costs as much
to write a
> program that sells only 500f the copies that are used as it costs if
1000f
> them were sold. :(
>
> Jim Couch
>
> Larry wrote:
>
> > I sure can't afford a Corvette, multi-thousand dollar zuikos &
Printscans,
> > like those in the the waay overpriced software business.... :)
> >
> > Larry
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