[OT] Adobe's pricing policy

[Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain@aeris.net)]

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

ROFL. 

Adobe pricing strikes again! Sigh ...

Z