>>I agree about those subscriptions. They're pernicious and I'm constantly trimming them. I just whacked $100/month off the cable TV bill.
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>Ironic - it's either free or often vastly overcharged...
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>This is accelerating the process of for pay software getting less and less prominent. THere are a few pieces of software that I've looked at that I would have gladly paid for but not at the insane pricing that the vendor often offers. This drives customers away and towards the free model.
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>The middle ground - reasonably priced (and licensed) software - is what's rapidly going away.

Which was my point to mike - don't give away the express versions, sell them for 99 or 69 as one trick ponies.
Some companies only need one trick ponies, but they want a couple of dozen ;-)

I think the 2.99$ is even worse than free - sometimes you get total &&&&, in other cases working stuff,
but you are conditioned to pay a low amount IAC and not holler as the price is low even if it is garbage.

This probably will lower quality of workmanship.

regards

thomas