OK, I did misunderstand what you were trying to say. Our royalty licenses are NOT based on profit - they are a percentage of turnover (or some other negotiated function of the size of the customers' business - ideally a number that they are producing already and comfortably to let us know).
A function of profit doesn't work, customers can manipulate it too easily - and as you point out, it may be when you are losing money that J is in fact most valuable to you. That's when it is time to change something - QUICK! -----Original Message----- From: Raul Miller [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 28. maj 2009 20:27 To: Chat forum Subject: Re: [Jchat] More APL (was: No More APL) On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Morten Kromberg <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, I guess I phrased that a bit provocatively "for clarity". I wasn't > suggesting that the number 2% defines some kind of absolute truth. If you > are comfortable using J even though you don't feel able to argue that it > saves you 1 minute out of every hour, or one week a year, I certainly do NOT > have the level of energy required to argue with you :-) My thought was more that even if you are losing money you can usually find some alternative frame of reference where you have saved 2%. I did not mean to suggest the opposite -- sorry about that. -- Raul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
