Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Photoshop educational discount (was B/W digital printing options)
From: Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 12:57:40 +0100
References: <4DC0FE32-3FA7-11D6-8DB6-003065D4DE46@sohogurus.net>

Allan Wafkowski wrote:

> I don't own Photoshop
> because I won't pay $600 for it, and I'm uncomfortable using a purloined
> copy. Still, there is something obscene about Adobe charging the amount
> they do--unmitigated greed. I'm not much of a capitalist, I suppose.

I do not see anything immoral about Adobe's pricing. They provide a product
which sufficient numbers of people and companies find useful to pay $600 for.
Why is this "obscene"? And why is it any different from the pricing of any
other products? I do not own a BMW car because I do not wish to pay their
price; instead I own an Opel. But I certainly do not consider BMW immoral or
"obscene" for charging what they do. We live in a market economy and every
seller is entitled to charge whatever s/he wishes, just as every consumer is
free to make his or her decision based on the willingness and ability to pay.

I can see that there may be moral issues in, say, the pricing of AIDS drugs in
African countries; but pricing of Adobe Photoshop as a moral issue?! Please...

Nathan

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