Here Adobe, this is my left kidney- I'm British!

[MRT144]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
So it is OK to price it considerably differently to one market than another? It is always you yanks who are so easygoing on it when it is your nation that is ripping everyone off.

And what is that supposed to mean? You know I am tired of people thinking they know something about Americans at this place when the reality of the matter is, they know precisely zero.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Tacc
What is price, exactly?

About $200 for photoshop.

[Dinner]

Re: If you live

Originally posted by pchang
in an area where customer support costs are higher, then you should expect to pay more.

One model would be to charge a price for the product and then a support price. For simple things like end user software, this is a bit impractical so they just bundle the higher support cost into the cost of the overall product.

It's not costumer support which is driving up the prices. You call any of the help lines and you end up talking to some poor college kid in India and not some high priced local expert.

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by MRT144


And what is that supposed to mean? You know I am tired of people thinking they know something about Americans at this place when the reality of the matter is, they know precisely zero.

Well if you're going to be a d*ck, I won't bother talking to you.

[Solly]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison



So it is OK to price it considerably differently to one market than another? It is always you yanks who are so easygoing on it when it is your nation that is ripping everyone off.

Yes,

[Zoid]

Originally posted by MichaeltheGreat
The solution is simple. Don't upgrade. I haven't seen any compelling need (whether I pay or not) to upgrade to CS3, any more than I see any compelling need to upgrade to Office 2007. CS2 and Office 2003 work just fine, do more than I need, and are still fully supported.

Hehe, I still use the OEM version of Office ´97 that came with the computer I bought then...

But the only reason to upgrade (almost) is that we are forced to do it by the software companies, otherwise they'd go bankrupt. So that's why we have to pay through our noses to get someting thet's "new and improved", but in reality not really better than the previous versions. Unfortunately I don't see any alternative, this is how capitalism works...

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by Doddler


Yes,

I say no.