by Nurd » Wed Aug 13, 2003 1:10 pm
Well no, it's not robbery, it's capitalism. If they were charging 200 dollars for something along the lines of a simple bugfix patch, that I could almost construe as robbery.
A whole new version, though, might have new features, be more optimized, or things of that nature. They're not charging the full new version price for it, which is mainly just a customer loyalty bonus, but if they went around giving new versions away, they would quickly lose money and would endanger themselves of becoming bankrupt.
Granted, you might be able to make the valid argument that they could have set the price a bit lower than 200 dollars and still made money, but if you view it on the other hand, considering the niche market the product serves, they could very well have said that anyone wanting the new version is going to have to pay full price.
Nurd
Finally those capitalist dogs will get what they deserve, eh comrades?
Uhm... We won.
Oh, well then, hooray capitalism!
I know I butchered the quote, consider it paraphrased