RE: FN-FORUM Java

date posted 5th July 2000 10:32

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Richard,

If youre bidding for fixed-price work when you have pre-built applets you
can either charge as if you don't have them and make a bigger profit, or you
can lower your quote to make it more competitive. In reality you'll
probably go for somewhere in-between.

If it's a time and materials contract the situation is more difficult. You
should be able to negotiate a fixed fee for the use of the applets based on
a proportion of the time it would take to develop the functionality without
them, but that may cause problems if youre working through an agency.

We try to use as many pre-built components as we can to make us more
efficient. The trouble is that clients often judge you first on your hourly
rate so the fact that you've pre-done 50% of the work is often ignored.

I know this hasnt helped much but it help to know that we're all in the
same boat!

Regards,

Pete







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Peter Ebdon
Professional Software Engineering Ltd

Email : [EMAIL REMOVED]
Tel/Fax : +44(0)118-9835002
Mobile : +44(0)973-178945
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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL REMOVED]
[EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of Richard Bailey
Sent: 04 July 2000 21:22
To: freelancers
Subject: FN-FORUM Java

Ive been playing around with java applets for a few weeks, and thought i
might offer them to customers
although I'm not sure what to charge for them (after all theyre already done
appart from filling in the parameters)
Does anyone else do this

Ive used them on the main page at www.studentsart.com
and now at my homepage
www.richardbaileys.freeserve.co.uk


I LOVE JAVA


Rich

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chard,

 

If=
you’re bidding
for fixed-price work when you have pre-built applets you can either =
charge as
if you don't have them and make a bigger profit, or you can lower your =
quote to
make it more competitive.  =
In
reality you'll probably go for somewhere =
in-between.

 

If=
it's a time
and materials contract the situation is more difficult. You should be =
able to
negotiate a fixed fee for the use of the applets based on a proportion =
of the
time it would take to develop the functionality without them, but that =
may
cause problems if you’re working through an =
agency.

 

We=
try to
use as many pre-built components as we can to make us more =
efficient.  The trouble is that clients =
often judge
you first on your hourly rate so the fact that you've pre-done 50% of =
the work is
often ignored.

 

I =
know
this hasn’t helped much but it help to know that we're all in the =
same boat!

 

Re=
gards,

 

Pe=
te

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



--

Peter Ebdon

Professional Software Engineering =
Ltd

 

Email   : [EMAIL REMOVED]
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Tel/Fax : =
+44(0)118-9835002

Mobile  : +44(0)973-178945

Web     : www.pseltd.com

 

-----Original
Message-----
From:
[EMAIL REMOVED] =
[EMAIL REMOVED]
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of Richard Bailey
Sent: 04 July 2000 =
21:22
To: freelancers
Subject: FN-FORUM =
Java

 

Ive been
playing around with java applets for a few weeks, and thought i might =
offer
them to customers

although I'm
not sure what to charge for them (after all theyre already done appart =
from
filling in the parameters)

Does anyone
else do this

 

Ive used them
on the main page at www.studentsart.com 
and now at my homepage www.richardbaileys.fre=
eserve.co.uk

 

I =
LOVE JAVA

 

 

Rich







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