Be the signal » abs http://bethesignal.org where we're going, we don't need roads... Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:15:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Perspective http://bethesignal.org/blog/2008/04/09/perspective/ http://bethesignal.org/blog/2008/04/09/perspective/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 Jeff Waugh http://bethesignal.org/?p=1055 Time for a little perspective on the Open Source industry in Australia… Yesterday, the ABS shipped some findings about digital game development companies:

At end June 2007, there were 45 businesses in Australia involved in the provision of digital game development services. These businesses employed over 1,400 people and generated a total income of $136.9m which represented an average of $3m per business.

Total expenses incurred for the same period were $128.5m. Almost two-thirds of this amount was attributable to labour costs ($83.8m).

During 2006-07 digital game development services businesses recorded an operating profit before tax of $8.5m, and an operating profit margin of 6.2%.

Compare and contrast. :-)

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