>So if it was: revenue - salary - services then I would be a lot closer you're still driving out everyone who spends a large percentage of their revenue on equ

>So if it was: revenue - salary - services then I would be a lot closer you're still driving out everyone who spends a large percentage of their revenue on equipment... actually, those people would probably respond by renting that equipment from foreigners. for example, if you spend a lot of money on servers and power, etc... instead of owning servers in-house, you'd rent those servers from some guy in Canada or Mexico.