In BULGARIA, coffee cost anywhere between 10 - 30 cents a cup: however the average family income (i.e. Mum and Dad working) come to about $100. The average family are unable to save.
However, this is wandering seriously OT. Capitalism (a loose-fitting sort of economic something that Bulgarians, along with a lot of other East Europeans, thought was a better bet than Communism) does not take prisoners, nor does it hand out free candy. Therefore the discussion about pricing of Runtime Revolution should not take the price of coffee in Bulgaria into account. For nations who have not got their act together - And Bulgaria is a serious case in point of a nation of asset-srippers who have wasted just about every chance that was presented to them by the collapse of Communism - there is the Free version of RR for Linux. I have already introduced a few students at the technical University to RR-Linux and flung Ubuntu disks at them. It is perfectly possible to make standalones for all supported platforms using the RR-Linux 2.2.1 underwritten by Novell: I have no sympathy there. Ultimately, however much RR decide to charge for their product rest with them. At least, unlike many other RADs, there is a FREE version. What is more to the point should be a discussion as to how to pursuade citizens of the nations that sponge, nations that have dug their own holes, and so forth, to get into RR and learn how to use it, and contribute via this list and the other normal outlets. If a drug-dealer gets kids hooked on FREE narcotics then he can charge what he likes: it is an unpleasant parallel - but not entirely inaccurate. Just at present I'm lurking in dark alley-ways pushing Ubuntu disks - what are you pushing? sincerely, Richmond __________________________________________________ See Mathewson's software at: http://members.maclaunch.com/richmond/default.html _______________________________________ --------------------------------------------------------------- The Think Different Store http://www.thinkdifferentstore.com/ For All Your Mac Gear --------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
