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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: KProprietary
From:       Klaus Sonnenleiter <klaus () m-machine ! com>
Date:       2000-08-06 17:02:44
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Jono,

There are many ways to determine "expensive". One frequently used measure is build
vs. buy: Take your average bill rate, multiply it buy the days it takes you to build
the parts you need out of the product you intend to buy. Then you know if it's
expensive or not. Another measure is to look at what comparable products cost. This
works well with commodity items like Microsoft Word, but it doesn't work as well for
a product like Qt.

Personally, I look at how much time a product is able to save me in my continuous
work and that pretty much determines whether or not it's worth buying.

Klaus Sonnenleiter
The Media Machine, LLC

Jono Bacon wrote:

> Quoting Klaus Sonnenleiter <klaus@m-machine.com>:
> > As far as I understand the Qt license, yes, you'd have to buy their
> > commercial
> > product - at least that's what they said at the Borland conference.
>
> Ahhh I see. I can understand Troll Tech wants to make a living, but this seems
> pretty expensive (allthough I have nothing to compare this price to). Is that
> price per developer? I check the Troll Tech site but it seemed to be down.
>
>          Jono
>
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