Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!watdragon!palarson
From: palarson@watdragon.waterloo.edu (Paul Larson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Dongle blues (software prices)
Message-ID: <4744@watdragon.waterloo.edu>
Date: 22 Jan 88 13:27:16 GMT
References: <2374@crash.cts.com> <155@atrium.UUCP>
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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In article <155@atrium.UUCP>, chanst@atrium.UUCP (Steve T Chan) writes:
> 
> If the software companies could just get the software prices lower, then
> people will buy them to get the documentation instead of just pirating
> them, I just hope that the software companies will listen and drop their
> prices.. See, $20-50 is a reasonable price for a software package in
> my point of view, but $90-200 or 300 is way overpriced.  How would
> you expect people to buy stuff thats overpriced?? They don't
 In my opinion, your suggestion of software packages for lessa than fifty
dollars each is ludicrous, considering the how much development time and
effort a good piece of software represents.  However, we do live in a
capitalist democracy, so nothing is preseventing you from voting with your
wallet.
> Steve Chan
> UUCP: gatech!petro!atrium!chanst
	Johan Larson