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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: This FOSS Thang :-)
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2024 10:23:32 -0400
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-hh wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> Point is that when someone like chrisv is being paid $25/hour, a tool 
> which improves his productivity by, oh, say +10% will pay for itself 
> over time.  If te tool costs $500, then 10% higher productivity means 
> that its value is 40*.1 = 4 hours/week, which is worth $100 and ROI 
> "break even" point is five weeks:  a good investment to make.

Imagine using a productivity argument with bloatware from Microsoft and Adobe

  :-D

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