On 06/13/2018 11:38 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 11:07 AM, Jim Lee <jle...@gmail.com> wrote:
I haven't purchased commercial software in decades, so I'm not up on the
prevailing business model, but I have to ask:
Why would anyone purchase software and then agree to wait 14 weeks for it to
be delivered? I can see that model for hardware, where material resources
are limited and a finite number of product is produced, but software?
What's the point?
For the 50% discount, I presume. If you wait 14 weeks, then buy, then
own, you pay full price.
From the company's point of view: if the release date is in the future
and ALL the revenue is also in the future, cash flow becomes tricky.
By getting at least _some_ money in advance, they give themselves a
way to pay the bills.
ChrisA
But the "50% discount" is supposedly good up until the release date. I
could purchase the software the day before release and still enjoy the
same benefit without the 14 week wait.
I understand the advantages *to the company*, but to enjoy those
advantages, they need to provide some kind of incentive to the buyer. I
don't see one here. Anyway, I was just curious to see if there was any
kind of thought process behind the "promotion".
-Jim
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