Fri, 07 Apr 2000 Paolo Mantegazza wrote:
> Beside that remember that a today scarce PC will cost about 500 $, and
> outperform any fp emulation on an old 486. If you are able to code a
> fully featured FP emulation, or to port that available in Linux, you are
> a programmer worth 40 $/h work. That means that after three nights of
> overwork you are loosing money :-). Better to go to a PC dump site and
> buy and old Pentium for 50-100 $.
Many companies don't think that way. First, as soon as you build a few systems,
the hardware cost quickly becomes more important. Also, if you're hired as a
programmer on a company (not as a consultant or for a short term project, that
is), the best thing they can do is to keep you working - they have to pay your
wages anyway, as they need you around for maintenance further projects.
I'm speaking from experience with a small company developing and building lab
instruments in the $50,000 range, in small batches. Every $100 extra has to be
*very* well motivated - development time is not an issue as long as it stays
within reasonable measures. "Expensive" solutions have to be significantly
better, so that they can motivate a higher price.
Regards,
//David
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