On 11/1/97 5:02 PM, Jim Choate (ravage@ssz.com) passed this wisdom:

Hmmm, will have to rethink suggesting any PGP based products to my customers now. I simply refuse to pay anybody any percentage of my product revenues simply because I use their tool. I buy a SDK for a flat fee like I buy a book, screwdriver, or a car. I can't imagine Black & Decker wanting a percentage of the house sale simply because the carpenter used their hammers and saws. Ford or Chevy wanting to see my income statement each year so they can figure out how much I owe them because I drive their brand of vehicle to my customers sites...yeah right.

Have you ever priced earth moving equipment ... the price on them is easily 150-300% of what it should be, say comparing it to 'consumer' items, like cars and small pickups and extrapolating up for the backhoe or whatever ... everyone I talk to in the contracting business says the same thing, "... its an item you are going to use to make money and they are taking a cut of your profits up front" Brian B. Riley --> http://www.macconnect.com/~brianbr For PGP Keys <mailto:brianbr@together.net?subject=Get%20PGP%20Key> "The Box said Win '95 or better - So I used a Macintosh!" -- Harold Herbert Tessman