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Originally Posted by Penforhire
Software prices are all about what the market will bear. Why do you think your main OS is not worth $300? Only because you are not paying for it. None of your programs work without an OS and if you want legit & cheap then you're talking Linux. You're entitled to use GIMP for free but if you want Photoshop you need to pony up some cash. If you're a student you get massive price breaks from just about everyone.
Your sense of price reflects being raised in today's pirate-world. We used to pay $50,000 and up for leading edge CAD programs that are, today, under $10,000 a seat. I'm sure you'd still consider that highway robbery but that is what the market will bear.
Put it another way, how much do you think it costs to develop a major new piece of software? A lot more than your comments suggest you think it costs.
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Linux is free. and also for what windows XP gives you it's overpriced and don't even get me started on Vista.
and yes it's possible because I'm still rather young and grew up with the internet that it does impact how I think of the prices for programs. I kind of expect them to cost the same amount as computer games or x-box games. You can't tell me those don't cost money to make either. I think the difference is they are so cheap a lot of people can afford them and so more people buy them and I think that's how game software engineers make their money back. Or maybe if it's the advertisers on their websites that help pay?
There are a lot of ways to make money off software besides charging users an arm and an leg. Individuals don't have deep pockets like universities.