>From: "Chris DiPierro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 17:24:47 -0400
>
>I'm going to through my 2 cents in here.
>
>First off, I'm not going to pretend that it's been easy to be PGHQ
>over the past years, and I'm sure they (like some of the rest of us)
>struggle with the lousy economy for venture money at this point. .
>.....
>The biggest problem I have is with the way they handle finances.
>Since they're taking 20% off the top of all purchaes, they should be
>using that 20% as income. Instead it seems they're using the whole
>100% of a sale as income and then counting the 80% they need to
>pay the developer as an expense..
>......
The reality is that all resellers and distributors work this way, so
don't get too concerned about it. How do you think WalMart works?
I continue to be surprised by how low their percentage is.
If Handango and PalmGear had merged, I think its likely the merger
justification would have been to push the percentage up to a more
typical 30%, 35% or 40%. So right now us software developers are
the winners out of this competition between these two companies.
(just my 2 cents worth...)
Roger Stringer
Marietta Systems, Inc.
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