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- Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!dxb132
- Organization: Penn State University
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 05:04:00 EST
- From: <DXB132@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Message-ID: <92324.050400DXB132@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
- Subject: Re: Software Etc. out of Amiga market
- References: <xrhZr*BX0@Birdland.UUCP> <root.02t9@rkamiga.UUCP>
- <AD9+r*sY0@Birdland.UUCP> <1992Nov17.054919.28921@cbnewsm.cb.att.com>
- Lines: 27
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- In article <1992Nov17.054919.28921@cbnewsm.cb.att.com>, benw@cbnewsm.cb.att.com
- (bennett.weber) says:
-
- >In article <AD9+r*sY0@Birdland.UUCP> uunet!tension!birdland!andy writes:
- >>In article <root.02t9@rkamiga.UUCP>, Rick Kelly writes:
- >>
- >>> This is entirely from my personal experience. Go out and buy a Borland
- >>> product at a retail store ( I bought Turbo C 1.5 several years ago ), and
- >>> send in the warranty card. Borland is constantly sending me direct mail
- >>> deals for their software. Quattro for $90. Paradox for $90. Borland C++
- >>> with Windows SDK for less than $200.
- >>>
- >>> --
- >>
- >>Those are UPGRADES, genius. Can't you tell the difference? Quattro is $399
- >>and Paradox is $799. Upgrades for REGISTERED users are very low, for
- >>obvious reasons. Companies like Borland make 10-15% of their revenue on
- >>upgrade sales. But you have to make an initial purchase in the retail
- >>market before those very low upgrades are available.
- >>
-
- You're very confused. Companies like Borland and Microsoft realize that
- 'normal' people can't afford the riduculous prices, so they send out
- a steady stream of low-cost offers, usually around $100. The killer is
- that the upgrades to the latest version also cost about as much. Over time
- you spend several hundred dollars easily if you stay current.
-
-