[OT] Adobe's pricing policy

[Alan T Litchfield]

On 29/10/2010, at 8:08 AM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net)  
wrote:

> I got my e-mail from Adobe about this sometime last week as I  
> recall. I believe the shipping date is Nov 1, but forget where I saw  
> that.
>
> And, I have no idea why it is "X" instead of "10". :)
>
> My only [usual] gripe is with the upgrade pricing (like all Adobe  
> upgrades!). It is $199 regardless of whether you have Acrobat 9 Pro  
> *or* Acrobat 9 Pro Extended to go to Acrobat X Pro (there is only  
> one X Pro version - nothing called X Pro Extended as far as I can  
> know).
>
> IMHO, the price for going from 9 Pro Extended to X Pro should be  
> lower - since we already paid a premium for that 9 Pro Extended  
> version!
>

In the inimitable words of Darryl:

"Just so you know, there are many factors that decide pricing like  
'the cost of doing business in each country' and the 'difference in  
the perceived value of the product'."

(That's my new answer for everything).

Alan


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