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While I think it's misleading to say "IPAS's are too expensive" when, as you state, they generally work out to about $50-75 ea, I absolutely agree that there are routines I can't justify getting (for my architectural office) because they are in a $300 bundle with 5 other routines I have absolutely no use for. I realize that tracking sales and orders and upgrades for the 40+ Yost Boutique (for example) routines separately is a lot more work and trouble than doing it for 7 sets, as a consumer, that's not really my concern. What do I care if it's easier on the seller if I can't afford the product? Gary has stated before that his contracts with the various programmers (who generally do one whole disk each) are written such that the routines can't be broken up/re-packaged, etc. I guess I don't understand why new agreements can't be written. I also agree with your statement that it'd be worth paying $75 each for routines separately that are bundled for $50. The thing is, we see Schreiber and others following suit with bundles only. I'm not sure I understand this.