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How much is enough?
Where I live the cost of living is bloated out of proportion to the rest of the country. The average person (anything not dealing with software or technology) can barely afford to live here.

These overpriced, overpaid tech folks are destroying the lower to lower middle class citizen by making more than they are worth and driving the cost of living up to a point where a person that doesn't work in technology is barely able to feed, cloth and house themeselves.

So when is enough $$$ enough? Apparently it never will be because of un-realistic valuations of many products. I see this massive influx of OSS in the market as an equalizer, a way to bring the over inflated value of many products back down to a real and reasonable level.

Guess one of the reasons I am making such a good living isn't by charging what my competitors do, but a more realistic rate the the average person can afford. I make my money... in a large clientelle base and with only word of mouth to get me out there. I make enough to pay my taxes, fuel my vehicles, cover my insurance and feed my family as well as make gold and platinum purchases.

Could I make more? Sure, I could! I could make easily double or more. But why? All my needs are met, proper management of my money over the years has allowed me to own everything with little to no debt (house payments were not included, and the house is paid off).

So by proper management of funds and a good sense of ethics, I can and do provide for my family quite well... yet I do not come vary close to making 6 digits a year.

So maybe these other people are getting it as well, maybe they realize they have enough. So Anton, when is enough, enough?
Posted by: Linux User 147560   Posted on: 02/13/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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ASKING FOR ME BY NAME!!!  Loverock Davidson | 02/13/06
Respect?  An_Axe_to_Grind | 02/13/06
He doesn't even get the Jim Jones reference...  Nix_0S_Fan | 02/13/06
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I wondered which of the children would be so silly.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/06
hey, Hey, Hey!  Suicida| | 02/13/06
In "assume the position" I would imagine  John Zern | 02/13/06
And yet, Microsoft servers sold leaves them in the dust.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/06
Units sold v. units configured and deployed  B.O.F.H. | 02/14/06
Yes and no...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/14/06
That depends  maldain | 02/14/06
And that also applies to Windows server.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/14/06
Chad, you need to read my post below to correct your confusion.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/14/06
Open source bubbles up again.  Anton Philidor | 02/13/06
LOL  marbing@... | 02/13/06
I saved that for another post.  Anton Philidor | 02/13/06
Blah blah blah  zkiwi | 02/13/06
You might have noticed...  Anton Philidor | 02/13/06
Can't see the money, Anton? You're not looking very hard.  thelemite | 02/14/06
Sloppy three card monte  quietLee | 02/14/06
Read more slowly.  thelemite | 02/14/06
And I was responding to a post...  Anton Philidor | 02/14/06
Almost correct.  Suicida| | 02/13/06
Oh Anton!  Roger Ramjet | 02/14/06
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Good to know that...  Anti_Zealot | 02/13/06
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