Bad reporter. No donut.
"agreed to build Deliso's app for about $5,000."
"sold more than 5,500 copies. A year after its release, the 99-cent app still sells about 200 copies a month on Apple Inc.'s iTunes store. Apple takes a 30% cut of the revenue, leaving Deliso and his children with a nice little bit of pocket money."
Deliso won't break even on his initial $5k for another 8 months.