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I just dont understand what constitutes a 499.99+ price for programs!
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<blockquote data-quote="tortoise" data-source="post: 201175"><p>The PC version of Office is COM based. They had to completely, 100% rewrite it for the Macintosh.</p><p></p><p>How much something sells for has almost nothing to do with how much it cost to make it. How much something sells for is based on what the market is willing to pay for it.</p><p></p><p>Take this program you've surely never heard of, <a href="http://www.agi.com/products/desktopApp/stkFamily/" target="_blank">the Satellite Toolkit</a> by Analytical Graphics. STK costs <strong>$30,000</strong> for <strong>ONE</strong> license. You want to run STK on two computers? that's $60,000, thank you very much.</p><p></p><p>Why is it so expensive? STK is primarily used to model launching of satellites. When a company needs to launch a new satellite, they need to get it right the first time. A faulty launch or a launch that sends the satellite into a different trajectory than needed is going to cost them potentially millions of dollars. Suddenly that $30,000 sounds like a bargain.</p><p></p><p>Sure a design shop could use the GIMP instead of Photoshop. It's free, and barring pantone support, mostly does what Photoshop does. But the loss of productivity in its poor interface, its less stable and less efficient code, its lack of any integration with any other design app like InDesign or Illustrator, not to mention lack of integration with MacOS, suddenly that free price tag doesn't look so great and $500 for PS sounds wonderful.</p><p></p><p>If you do graphics work day in and day out, and it's the livelyhood of your profession, you're very willing to pay the price to get the real tools to do it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tortoise, post: 201175"] The PC version of Office is COM based. They had to completely, 100% rewrite it for the Macintosh. How much something sells for has almost nothing to do with how much it cost to make it. How much something sells for is based on what the market is willing to pay for it. Take this program you've surely never heard of, [url=http://www.agi.com/products/desktopApp/stkFamily/]the Satellite Toolkit[/url] by Analytical Graphics. STK costs [b]$30,000[/b] for [b]ONE[/b] license. You want to run STK on two computers? that's $60,000, thank you very much. Why is it so expensive? STK is primarily used to model launching of satellites. When a company needs to launch a new satellite, they need to get it right the first time. A faulty launch or a launch that sends the satellite into a different trajectory than needed is going to cost them potentially millions of dollars. Suddenly that $30,000 sounds like a bargain. Sure a design shop could use the GIMP instead of Photoshop. It's free, and barring pantone support, mostly does what Photoshop does. But the loss of productivity in its poor interface, its less stable and less efficient code, its lack of any integration with any other design app like InDesign or Illustrator, not to mention lack of integration with MacOS, suddenly that free price tag doesn't look so great and $500 for PS sounds wonderful. If you do graphics work day in and day out, and it's the livelyhood of your profession, you're very willing to pay the price to get the real tools to do it. [/QUOTE]
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