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From: leo@sunybcs.uucp (Leo Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: WHAT ATARI NEEDS TO DO...
Message-ID: <10400@sunybcs.UUCP>
Date: 21 Apr 88 02:54:16 GMT
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Summary: I can't believe you people pay list...

In article <115@avsd.UUCP> govett@avsd.UUCP (David Govett) writes:
>Rumor has it that WordPerfect Corp. is so disgusted with ST users
>pirating ST WordPerfect that it is considering withdrawing it from the
>market.  As I said, it's only a rumor.  If true, however, it seems
>to support my thesis that software should be priced for the intended
>audience, and I know no ST users who would buy it for $300.  

Sorry to kick this same old dog around, but I can't believe some of the
prices people have been throwing around. I don't think I've EVER bought
a program for "Suggested Retail Price". They always sell for pretty close
to a third less than list at retail outlets. I bought WP for the ST for
the company I used to work for for (I think) $195.00, and it was enough
worth the price to also pay for the person using it to go to a couple
of seminars, which incidentally cost quite a chunk more than the software.

Personally, I don't see that the cost of software should reflect anything
more than the market will bear. If the use you get out of Word Perfect or
for that matter any other software, isn't worth the price you pay for it,
DON'T BUY IT. Don't steal it, either. You made the choice by not buying it.

What has purchase price got to do with anything at all? "Geez, if I buy
this software I can save 19 man-hours per week (at $9.00/hr) for the next
two and a half years, but I'll pass because the initial cost is $200."
Makes LOTS of sense to me to pass it by...
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