CompuServe Messages

Phillippe, I never thought I would wind up supporting something someone considered price gouging, but……………… I don't know what you do for a living, but from the tone of your message, you do not supply a service or a product. I'm an architect by training, inclination and practice. By your reasoning, I should only be charging for the paper that my designs are printed upon, as that is the only thing that the client receives (as well as my invoice). I couldn't stay in business very long only charging for the paper that the plans and designs are printed upon, could I ??? It may in fact only cost Intel $25 to produce each pentium chip. But how are they supposed to recoop the billions (yes…billions) in research, design and setup costs they spent to be able to produce that $25 chip. And that is true for each and every piece in one of these machines. And as the pieces get more sophisticated and more complex, the price of development only gets larger. BTW. I've moved your original message to section 12 as it didn't have anything to do with 3DS or any other program that Autodesk manufacturers. Speaking of that, I wonder if Autodesk would be willing to market any of it's products for the cost of the disks and the duplication……….NOT !!!!! I think you desperately need a refresher course in economics for the real world.