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Originally posted by Reese Charles
EDIT: Abe Babe I have the same problem. The music software that I buy almost always goes into the 100s. Sound cards can often cost 1000s, and speakers even more than that. Software needs to be a little less expensive, so that they can sell more copies...
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Agree exactly. If software was more reasonably priced it would cut down on the pirates. I work in the software industry myself, and other than the initial expense of hiring programmers/documentation writers and then the end user support, there is not much costs involved. Just creation of CDs and manuals. But if you put a manual on the CD or make the software downloadable, that is less costs. A solution would be to offer software with no support (or support on a paid basis), to eliminate staffing costs for end user support. And the lower cost of the software would more than cover programmer's wages, but also increase sales and cut down on piracy.
Abe Babe...