Re: Intel Fortran license?

In article <2005092913484716807%gsande@worldnetattnet>,
Gordon Sande <g.sande@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 2005-09-29 12:30:18 -0300, Richard E Maine <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
>
> > Heck, sometimes it is even *MORE* hassle to get something cheaper. An
> > economist could probably tell me what kind of cost curve it is that I'm
> > evaluating, but it sure isn't the trivial kind you see in econ 101. :-)
>
> Nonfungibility of budget lines, to use some overpriced jargon. :-(
> (That is in microeconomic speak, or structual rigidities in macroeconomic
> speak.)

I could be wrong, as I haven't even actually taken that econ 101 course
formally (though I've read some of the books a bit past the 101 level),
but I don't think that's the same issue. That's probably what keeps me
from buying my keyboard with money from the office supplies fund. But I
don't think that's what makes it harder for me to buy a $7.95 keyboard
than it would be for me to buy a $200 one from the same fund source.

(I think I've seen some $200+ keyboards. And, not that I want one, but
if I seriously did and asked the boss, he'd probably ok it, after
looking at me funny and asking why. Of course, that's partly because I
wouldn't ask unless I actually had a good answer for the question.)

I think it is more like something "funny" in the cost/demand curve.

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