Developing world buoys up software pirates

dean@pikcells · May 16th, 2008

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/200...piracy_survey/

SandmanNinja · May 16th, 2008

Well.... I think software that costs $4000+ doesn't help drive Piracy down.

As a former programmer and systems analyst, I am against piracy.
But I'm also of the opinion that 90% of software should cost more than $100.

Whatever software is the 10% (I won't debate or go into that here), then it should not cost more than $500.

I applaud Modo for leading the charge. $800 is a great price. And hopefully as it gets more and more popular, it'll affect 3DS and Lightwave and those prices will drop.

I realise that a lot of man-hours goes into each of these programs - I use to coordinate between teams of programmers in the UK, Florida and California and understand budgeting and hidden expenses - but if they consider their market is THE WORLD... That's a lot of people. That's a lot of potential customers.

Just my 2 cents.

May 16th, 2008	#1 (permalink)
dean@pikcells Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Huddersfield Posts: 59 Name: Dean Punchard	Developing world buoys up software pirates http://www.channelregister.co.uk/200...piracy_survey/ __________________ Formally "NotAMondayFan" Pikcells Visualisation Studio

May 16th, 2008	#2 (permalink)
SandmanNinja Moderator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Posts: 1,373 Name: Joel Callahan	Re: Developing world buoys up software pirates Well.... I think software that costs $4000+ doesn't help drive Piracy down. As a former programmer and systems analyst, I am against piracy. But I'm also of the opinion that 90% of software should cost more than $100. Whatever software is the 10% (I won't debate or go into that here), then it should not cost more than $500. I applaud Modo for leading the charge. $800 is a great price. And hopefully as it gets more and more popular, it'll affect 3DS and Lightwave and those prices will drop. I realise that a lot of man-hours goes into each of these programs - I use to coordinate between teams of programmers in the UK, Florida and California and understand budgeting and hidden expenses - but if they consider their market is THE WORLD... That's a lot of people. That's a lot of potential customers. Just my 2 cents. __________________ -SandmanNinja website

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