Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site druxo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!drutx!druxo!knf From: knf@druxo.UUCP (FricklasK) Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga Subject: Re: AMIGA DEVELOPMENT KIT UPDATE: SORRY Message-ID: <1051@druxo.UUCP> Date: Wed, 13-Nov-85 10:19:14 EST Article-I.D.: druxo.1051 Posted: Wed Nov 13 10:19:14 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Nov-85 07:21:13 EST References: <148600014@uiucuxc> Organization: AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Denver Lines: 25 >> Also- to the guy who complained that if you can't afford $3000 for a dev- >>elopment system, you can't afford what it takes to produce software: It >>does not require MONEY do develop good software. It requires time, talent, >>a good idea, and as lot of sweat. Most of the software startups in the world >>did not come from large amounts of venture capital, they came from individuals >>with a good idea and the will to see it work. >i didn't say anything to the contrary. i said that if commodore has to >ration their support resources (an idea i thought you first mentioned), >it would be reasonable for them to discriminate among potential developers >on the basis of the developers' economic resources; it's a lot easier than >trying to measure "time, talent, a good idea, and a lot of sweat". note >we're not talking really big bucks here. $3,000 is about one month's gross >pay for one good programmer. "large amounts of venture capital" would be >at least a couple orders of magnitude more. Yes, but if they're willing to give ANYBODY a development kit but only a few a DEAL on the equipment, who needs it more- a company who will base their entire livelihood on the Amiga and needs money to pay salaries, or a company with plenty of money to spend on salaries and equipment? '`'` Ken `'`'`