I can pick up a copy of PC World, Computer Shopper, PC Pro or any other PC
Magazine and find a pile of software (often once costing hundreds of pounds)
stuck to the front cover for the 4.99 cover price, and much of this is less
than 2-3 years of age. You usually find v.3 or whatever on the cover disc
with an offer to get the new v.4 inside at a reduced cost - yet here we are
debating the status of software that hasn't been sold at all, never mind
updated, for over a decade.
Why are people so reluctant to give this stuff away? There is no money in it
anymore. Just ask any trader :-)
One of course would argue that QL Software (and indeed DP software would classify since it never had significant problems) is so good that it doesn't need to be updated ;-)
As for the PC world, recapturing investment may not be that important... we are talking about economies of scale here....
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