It may cost them less than that. I think the product is overpriced, and I highly object to charging for skipped upgrades or SMA's where no support was ever offered for those versions. If that business

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So you're really saying that you would rather starve than steal food? You're "simple economics" is a little over simplified. What it doesn't take account of is the opportunity cost. There are many

Agreed. Pat ByrneAt 09:58 AM 2/4/2012, you wrote:

Legally you don't just loose the ability to upgrade, but you loose the right to use your installed copy of JAWS. It would still launch as you suggest (until it crashed and needs a fix), but it would

Well, I've still got to see some super cool features with Jaws... The only reason why I am using Jaws instead of System access is because Jaws is required for most games and clients. Thanks, Brandon

Jaws is only within the reach for a small minority of blind people who can either fund it themselves or can get some sort of Government agency to fund it for them. Is that right? Do you really think

good point. i still don't like some of this stuff, but i certainly do get it.

If we didn't, someone else did. The relative small size of the assistive market forces prices that seem high. Much of the cost of software development comes from software support. So far as I know

Richard, I like your style. To amplify what I believe cecropia64 was saying: The price charged for a product is based on what it cost to develop, what it costs to duplicate, what it costs to

Kane, If I'm not mistaken, Lotus Notes is an IBM product. IBM can be helpful with accessibility questions, so you might also want to inquire there.

Juan, I recognize you maintain licensed copies of your software. I also realize you are making the point that many people who need JAWS can't afford it. And when it comes to a screenreader, "need" is

It is kind of ironic that the people who most complain about the high cost of JAWS and its SMA's are the same ones who wouldn't hesitate to rush out and spend hundreds of dollars for the latest IPad

Agree with you, we might as well go steel our food and furniture. But my point still stands to the person who started this subject, just use NVDA.

unfortunately, nobody said that greed doesn't have a whole lot to do with all this, because it certainly does. also, do you really think jaws costs a thousand bucks? i'll bet it costs freedome about

Hi, everybody. Since upgrading my Dell notebook to run the 64-bit version of Windows 7 and the 64-bit edition of JFW 13, I've run into an annoying problem when I use only one particular application:

I could be wrong but if you give away or sell your old licence, don't you also lose your current licence? Said I could be wrong but as I had it all along is if you let's say had jaws 10 and now baught

Hi. Just my $.02, fwiw. If you donate JFW and sign over your license, then I think the ability for you to upgrade to a newer version from the one you're currently using gets nixed, since you no longer

I feel a perfect fool-- We paid full price, out of pocket. We had no alternative source of funding, and we wanted JAWS available for our young daughter to grow up with and learn about. Silly me, it

Oh sorry didn't understand thought the user must pay $3800 for it. Yes over here it's also expensive to get them trained up etc, SA guide dogs relys on a lot of sponsers and volenteers and as I said