On 9/8/2012 8:45 AM, Mayayana wrote:
| IIRC You can download a trial.
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| There is no point. I am not going to pay their exhorbitant price.
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How refreshing. Given the large number of MS Office and
PhotoShop/CS customers I know, I thought I must be the
only person in the world who sees something odd in a software
program that costs twice the price of the computer, despite
being sold in vast numbers.

I guess it's not really odd, though. It's just the skewing
that happens with software used commercially. They can
charge almost any price they like and most people who use
it for business will still buy it... Or rather, they'll tell their
boss that they can't work without it.

I suppose I should be grateful that my frying pan, my
power drill, and my pants are not all similarly priced on the
basis of how useful they are to me, rather than on the basis
of what they cost to produce. Otherwise I wouldn't be able
to get dressed in the morning, much less eat breakfast and
go to work.


Razor blades cost more than a razor.
A piece of copper wire is not very expensive. Neither is a glob of
silicone. Both are components of the cheap computer.

The cloth for your pants costs much less than your pants. Last time I
looked, chickens aren't paid for their eggs.


--
Peter