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From: gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu
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Subject: Re: MacNosy
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Date: 19 Sep 89 17:02:56 GMT
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>Yes, it's expensive, but not more than lots of other programs.  And
>consider the size of the market for this highly technical product.
>Jasik is a one-man band, and has been relying on this for his income
>for the last five years.  Give him a break.

Well, $350 seems like a lot to me, but you're right, there are other programs
out there that cost that much (although usually one can get them below list
through places like MacConnection).

It's not so much the price by itself that bothers me: it's the huge price
differential between the versions for the Plus/SE and the Mac II.  The Plus/SE
version is under $200, if I recall, and the II version is nearly twice as much. 
Why is that?  I assume because Jasik figures that if Mac II owners can pay
extra for their machine, they can pay extra for their software.  Lots of
companies do that, true, but it doesn't make it a great practice.  In any case,
since the Mac II (not X, cx, or ci) is not exactly on the cutting edge these
days, and can thus be bought (perhaps 2nd hand) for relatively less money, it
no longer follows that the only people who own them are wealthy, and can thus
afford more expensive software.

Hey, Jasik should charge whatever the market will bear.  But a  Mac II price
closer to the Plus/SE price might get him a larger market among Mac II owners. 
I know if MacNosy were priced lower, I'd buy it.

Robert
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