Adobe's upgrade rort

[Bodvar Bjorgvinsson]

In the US versions I have laid my hands on there is the option of
several languages and, AFAIK, there is no difference between the
issues, but I have not bought anything more recent than 7.2.

For the main question: Have I ever talked about Big-Business-Feudal-System?

Dov, don't read this: The price difference between "feuds" (read:
countries) is a total discrimination and should be fought against by
the UN.

My 2p worth.

Bodvar

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2009/10/19 Michael Müller-Hillebrand <mmh at cap-studio.de>:
> Wow, I learn new vocabulary on this list. My dictionary tells me:
>
>> rort |rɔrt|
>> noun Austral., informal
>> 1 [often with adj. ] a fraudulent or dishonest act or practice : a
>> tax rort.
>> 2 a wild party.
>
>
> I assume you are not talking about the admission fee to a wild upgrade
> party ;-)
>
> The price difference was noted in other places as well, but... as Dov
> pointed out, it is the responsibility of product management to find
> the "right" price. There is the concept of value-based pricing; each
> company is trying to optimize the profit by charging as much as
> possible without reducing the buying rate. If strategic considerations
> like "do nothing that loyal, existing customers might consider unfair"
> are always weighed in as much as we would like, I don't know.
>
> In the past there were two editions of FrameMaker: an English-only
> version, and an international version which could be installed with
> English, French, German, or Japanese UI. I don't know if that is still
> true.
>
> In the end it comes down to value: If the upgrade price is too high,
> you have to skip it.
>
> - Michael
>
>
> Am 18.10.2009 um 21:40 schrieb Alan Litchfield:
>
>> Can anyone explain to me why it is that Adobe charges USD399 for the
>> upgrade of FrameMaker to version 9 for domestic customers but USD515
>> for the same thing for International customers.
>>
>> There are no shipping costs when it has been downloaded and even if
>> shipping were included I don't see how they can charge USD116 for
>> shipping a small box anyway.
>>
>> No I haven't asked Adobe, who there could possibly tell me. Certainly
>> no one on the helpdesk.
>
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