On 17 Oct 2007 at 5:54, Noel Stoutenburg wrote:

> I don't mean to suggest that S~ is going out of business, but one has to 
> wonder about the low price on their product, even if it is temporary.

Not meaning to dispute any of your points or anything, I just want to 
say that software pricing is completely than pricing real-world 
inventory. The marginal cost involved in producing and warehousing 
one additional copy of a software application is, effectively, zero. 
That's not the case with the physical products in a store having a 
"going out of business" sale.

And on the issue of software pricing, Joel Spolsky has this 
informative article:

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/CamelsandRubberDuckies.html

Before you read it, take a guess as to what he concludes is the best 
price for his software product:

a.  $49.99
b.  $99.99
c. $149.99
d. $199.99
e. $249.99
f. $299.99
g. $349.99
h. $399.99

(it's a very long article, but extremely entertaining, as is most of 
his writing)

-- 
David W. Fenton                    http://dfenton.com
David Fenton Associates       http://dfenton.com/DFA/


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