Yes, it's around the $200 per hour. I guess it's all relative. I know that, given the source code, I could make the changes just as quickly as the contractor.
My hourly rate is nothing like the $ he charges, and we wouldn't have to wait for his availablility to make the changes. So in terms of turn-around and cost we would be better off. On 4 June 2010 10:05, Liam McLennan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Iain, > > Curious what you are classing as exorbitant. Are we talking > $200? > > On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Iain Carlin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 4 June 2010 09:18, Arjang Assadi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thank you Dylan, >>> >>> Simon, I don't understand the code for the work done for a specific >>> customer(s), can be a gold mine. I am not sure what owning the code >>> means, anyone and everyone (competent programmer) can reproduce the >>> same effect with some variation. >>> >>> Kind Regards >>> >>> Arjang >>> >>> >> Because if the system is complex enough the customer is locked in to you >> for support and enhancements. >> >> We have a system where I work that was developed by a contractor and >> enhanced over the years by the same contractor (who was assigned the IP >> rights by my employer - bad mistake on their part). >> >> To 'reproduce' the code would take months of work at great cost for us. It >> is cheaper just to pay him for minor enhancements, even though his hourly >> rate is exorbitant. >> >> For him it's a gold mine. >> > > > > -- > Liam McLennan. > > [email protected] > http://www.eclipsewebsolutions.com.au >
