CompuServe Messages

Mike, Quite thinking for a moment as a consumer. Think a moment as a manufactuer. Price is set at what the market will pay. The market clearly pays for the software on UNIX machines, and thus, the companies exist. Price is set based on market-size, the amount of support necessary and finally what the precieved profit will be. The UNIX market on the PC is not a large one, and thus the very market is designed for the vertical marketeers. I really wish the consumer in general would get off of this 'software should be less kick'. It sounds as if many think, not necessarily you Mike, but many think that software companies should be more of a social program than a profitable company. The market demands what happens to software, not really based on consumer outcry, but rather on actual cold cash in the coffers. If the coffer gets a bit empty, the price will drop. If the coffer remains full, the cries will never be heard, nor should they. It is my thinking that the Indy will draw a lot of the high-end, top notch Amiga developers who are looking for someplace to go. You'll get the software in the range that is clearly less expensive than the current line up of software products. You'll be amazed, things can change in the blink of an eye. -mark= Otto Pilot Engaged..