Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!burl!codas!killer!tness1!petro!atrium!chanst
From: chanst@atrium.UUCP (Steve T Chan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Dongle blues (software prices)
Summary: Thats right..
Message-ID: <181@atrium.UUCP>
Date: 27 Jan 88 05:11:27 GMT
References: <2408@crash.cts.com>
Organization: Atrium @ The Alamo
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In article <2408@crash.cts.com>, tsouth@pro-pac.CTS.COM (Todd South) writes:
> >> In article <155@atrium.UUCP>, chanst@atrium.UUCP (Steve T Chan) writes:
> 
> Paul, it's your kind of thinking that really blows me away in terms of the
> actual authors making money on software.  If a mail-order house can buy
> software (or hardware) for a _low_ price, and sell it for sometimes as much
> as 80 dollars (US) less, then how can you say that the authors would NOT make
> the same amount of money simply distributing it to the end-user themselves?
> I still think that there are too many middle people in this market, and
> most of the major companies like it that way.  Ultimately, the reason that
> a number of contributers to this system, who write commercially, seem to
> discount is the fact that each and every software purchase by a majority of
> users is a _major_ purchase, and that, my friends, is why piracy exists.
> It is not just the simple fact that people cannot afford it, but that they
> cannot afford to get burned, also, with each purchase that doesn't do what
> they need.
>
Todd is right.  There are too many middle man and distributors involved, 
and of course they all wanted their share of profit, which makes software
prices so high, if the companies would (I doubt it) distribute their own
software directly to our friendly neighborhood dealer, I am sure that
software prices will be down drastically, since the author of the program
is making the same profit anyway, as Todd said.  People could not afford
to get burned, thats why before you buy software, be sure to ask the
dealer for a demo, try using the program, get comfortable with it, because
once you bought it, you are stuck with it, because you cannot return
software, thats why I look very carefully before buying software, regardless
of which type.. whether its educational or games..

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