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From: peterm@dna.lth.se (Peter M|ller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Software piracy
Message-ID: <1990Jun14.070422.17363@lth.se>
Date: 14 Jun 90 07:04:22 GMT
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Organization: Computer Science, Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden
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I hope I don't offend anyone out there by this, but I must say that you people
don't know the TRUE meaning of the word "expensive software". Someone said
that PageMaker 4.0 costs $795 in the US, how does a standard price tag of
$1 800 grab you? When did you last paid $170 for a not-so-thrilling DA? How
about $ 4 760 *Student Price* for a SE/30? How about *no* student prices at
all for software (i.e. $715 for MS Word 4.0 - for a student)? OK, this may
be a weak excuse for software piracy, but the price policy here is *insane*!
Apple, do you hear me??? OK, Multi-Stupid may not get so much cash by selling
Word for $75, but the sure get good-will! With that price (for a student) I
would buy it today!


Peter Moller
Lund Institute of Technology - Sweden