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From: dons@killer.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Borland fee for TP 4.0
Message-ID: <2140@killer.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 18-Nov-87 18:51:34 EST
Article-I.D.: killer.2140
Posted: Wed Nov 18 18:51:34 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 21-Nov-87 07:39:15 EST
References: <2092@killer.UUCP> <2095@killer.UUCP>
Organization: The Unix(R) Connection, Dallas, Texas
Lines: 30
Keywords: Borland Microsoft upgrade fees
Summary: Relative cost of other upgrades

In article <2095@killer.UUCP>, richardh@killer.UUCP (Richard Hargrove) writes:
> In article <2092@killer.UUCP>, dons@killer.UUCP (Don Simoneaux) writes:
> > 
> > I too think that $40 is too much for an upgrade of a product that
> > retails for $99.  Even MicroSoft charges only $25, which I think is a
> > reasonable price.  
> 
> I realize that Microsoft MASM has a list price above $99, but it's not 
> that much above it. My MASM upgrade cost me $40, which I had no problem 
> justifying. I don't think Borland's upgrade price for TP 4.0 is out of 
> line (unless it shows up in an ad for The PC Connection for the same 
> price.)
> 

Actually, MASM 5.0 lists for $150, so a $40 upgrade fee is 27%.  The
upgrade fee for WordPerfect 4.2 (from 4.1) is $45 on a package that lists
for $495.  WP sells on the street for about $200, but that still makes
the upgrade fee about 23%.  Following this line of reasoning, TP 4.0 
upgrades should be about $25.  After thinking about this some more (and
having the opportunity over the weekend to talk face to face with a 
Borland marketeer), another thought occurred to me.  Could it be that
Borland has spoiled us with their low list prices, so that the relative
cost of the upgrade seems high?  Still, when I know that Soft Warehouse
in Dallas will probably be selling TP 4.0 for $55, $40 for an upgrade 
seems high.  But then it probably is of comparable worth to MASM.

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