[Leica] Expensive software

[hlritter at bex.net (Howard Ritter)]

Larry,

That certainly doesn't sound like a press release from Adobe! It condemns 
the publishers rather than tariffs.

Looks to me like it's from "Geek Trivia" on the How-To Geek website:

http://www.howtogeek.com/trivia/rather-than-buy-locally-its-cheaper-to-fly-roundtrip-from-australia-to-the-us-for-what/


?howard

On Jan 1, 2014, at 11:34 AM, lrzeitlin at aol.com wrote:

> Goeff,
> Is this really true? It's from an Adobe press release.
> "Australians frequently complain about the price of imported software, and 
> rightfully so. From operating systems to applications, the price of 
> software is typically 50% or so higher than it is in the United States.
> In fact, the price of Adobe Creative Suite (of which Photoshop is one of 
> the most famous elements) is so expensive in Australia ($4,334 as of 
> mid-2013), that it?s actually cheaper to book a round trip flight to the 
> U.S. and purchase a copy while visiting for $2599. Based on the average 
> cost of flights over the last year, you?d save around $600 pulling the 
> stunt.
> While it would be easy to blame import tariffs or other government 
> intrusions for the absurdly high prices, the blame rests almost entirely 
> on the software publishers. The Australian government has conducted 
> multiple inquiries into why local prices are so high, going as far as 
> summoning representatives from Microsoft, Apple, and Adobe to justify why 
> they gouge Australian purchasers so severely."
> Larry Z
> 
> 
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