Re: Geting on the bus, not under it...
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Originally Posted by
esposito
Like me, they may still have to maintain their old software developed in VB6. That could be the reason why they still visit this forum now and then.
Do you ask questions or just answer them? I frequent .NET, but the number of threads I have started is pretty small.
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I think what you said can be easily contradicted. MS are selling millions of copies of Office but in spite of that its price is still shamefully high.
You could be right about that. I thought the price was around $100-150, but I have never bought a copy as it has always been supplied to me one way or another (work, gift, etc.).
OK, I went to a site and looked it up. It looks like you can get Office Home, with Word, Excel, and two others which I forget, for $150. If you figure that games cost ~$50 as a new release, getting five programs for $150 is right in the ballpark. However, if you then go to look at the cost for Word and Excel as standalone programs, the cost is ~$110 per program, which is certainly higher than a game.
On the other hand, how many copies does MS actually sell for retail price? I may be in an odd demographic, but nobody I know has ever paid retail price for an Office product (nor do I know anybody who has stolen a copy, by the way).
