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Story: Adobe responds to CS4 pricing criticism
Adobe is in line with many software companies
There is no doubt that what Adobe is doing is the same as many US software companies. They fix a price based on what they think they can reaonable get.
Their sales will very likely reflect this as well which suggests that if they did reduce their prices to more accurately reflect the US price their sales should reflect this and rise accordingly.
Open source has shown us that it is possible to get much cheaper, even free software but we also know that the more advance functionality will rest with the expensive suites that from companies that have spent the money on R&D.
So what is to be done?
Well, maybe a compromise is the way forward. Pricing that is at least bought more in line across a company so that what somebody pays in Spokane is not so different from what they pay in Slough? But if it is to be done, how is it to happen?
Perhaps there the Adobe users that have their own ideas. It would be interesting to hear from them.
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