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    04-Jun-94 11:12:12
Sb: #105712-meshes…
Fm: Pavel Korensky 100271,2123
To: Jacek Artymiak 100336,665
>don't you sell your IPAS routines for $47.5? (Thats $12000/$1900 x $300). If there will be no market for $100 IPAS, I'll lower the price. >I think you should try to live in the West for a couple of years before you >comment on prices, costs and what is acceptable in general. I advise you to go >to the UK for a crash course in the high cost of living. The living costs in Czech republic are approx. the same as in the whole Europe. Only the standard of living is much lower. The prices are one thing, the salaries are other thing. As I wrote, average salary in our country is around $250. The price of a small car, for example, is around $10.000,- So you can calculate the average standard of living. >And one last thing. If you don't like the prices don't buy the products. Using >high prices as an excuse for pirating software is a very effective way of >losing friends in this business. I am affraid that you didn't fully understand what I wrote. I didn't mention high prices as a excuse for pirating software. I only objectively described the situation here. And as I was able to see the development of the software market here in Czech in last four years, low prices is the best protection against software piracy. Almost all leading software companies like Microsoft, Borland, Lotus, Novell have special prices for east european market. Autodesk products are also much cheaper here. Of course, reexport of these products is strictly prohibited. PavelK