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Hi Don, << Hey Bill, Who cares what the price is. >> You're absolutely right, of course….if you need it & can recover a ROI quickly, by all means – buy it. However, looking at the scenario a bit less short-sighted, EVEN IF one can easily justify a purchase today…..if a developer somehow creates/leaves a bad taste wrt inflated pricing, inconvienient program functionality, disappointing new revisions, etc.,… when someone else comes along in the future and improves on that taste – the user will be axious to jump ship. I can recall paying $10k+ for Topas, nearly that for DGS, and $5k+ for the ATVista to run them on. At the time, I could justify it but didn't like it, nor did I appreciate the poor evolution of the products. So, I and (apparently) many others began to develop a lot of negative feelings. Since they were so reluctant to keep pace with the market trend towards much greater functionality at a better price, I can only say….where are they now ?