RE: RPG and Web.. (was Using OO concepts in RPG)

["Booth Martin" <Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My brother and I used to have this argument regularly.  In my opinion you
are making the wrong case with this argument.
 
When the competitor spends money and gets newer equipment he gets his
payback through charging what he used to charge, and pocketing the savings.
 
It makes no sense to have a charge rate of $50/hour and then buy expensive
equipment and keep your rate the same, so that the customer gets the whole
savings and you get the whole expenses.  If the job can be done in half the
time and you can raise your rate to $75/hour then you've lower your customer
s cost by 25% and both you and your customer come out ahead.  But if you
continue to bill in the old way you will soon be broke and wondering why you
had the newest stuff and still went broke, while Joe down the street is
doing just fine.
 
 
 
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Booth Martin   http://www.MartinVT.com
Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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-------Original Message-------
 
From: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Date: Friday, May 16, 2003 5:52:57 PM
To: 'RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries'
Subject: RE: RPG and Web.. (was Using OO concepts in RPG)
 
<snip>
When I see my competition down the street getting more business than me
building houses because they have air nailers and I only have a hammer, I
start to wonder if I should purchase an air nailer. If I get an air nailer
then I need to get an air compressor. If I get an air compressor I now need
to buy a generator.
<snip>
 
the are compressor should come with it's own generator attached <VBG>
 
 
 
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