"billwg" <bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>> Vista editions, by the way, are nothing to do with choice. They are
>> limitations. They are fences on the way to a complete system (Ultimate) and
>> Starter Edition goes as far as restricting the maximal number of processes
>> to 3, in order to milk some more money.
>
> For someone purporting to be educated, you have a clumsy view of
> commerce, royboy! LOL!!!
>
> Software has value based on what it is worth to a user. The
See the 495$ seat price for the undo debugger - and its only a few
extensions to .... gdb !
> incremental cost of a copy is essentially zero compared to that value.
> A corporate user is commonly thought to be producing more value through
> use of a computer workstation than a casual home user. So the "pro"
> version is priced higher and the "home" version is priced lower. An
> aborigine likely sees no value at all and can get software for free in
> many cases. Someone who uses a specialized software application in a
> profitable profession may be willing to pay a very high price for
> something that makes their own revenue production more efficient.
>
> All of these users obtain the software voluntarily and pay willingly
> because they see the benefits that accrue from its use. The very fact
> that the COLA folk here harp so on price is an indication that they see
> no value. They do not understand the world view, too caught up in the
> bits and bytes.
>
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