i like to believe most people pay for the program. it is learning about the program that concerns me. i have taken a lot of classes to learn all the cool stuff about it. many dont know that this

Richard, Ed put it forth very well, but you mentioned profit margin, which of course keeps FS operating. Presuming that they are privately-owned, the profit goes back into development and other

Well, FS does have competition from GW Micro's Window Eyes. Yet, the price of both JAWS and Window Eyes remains high. Why? I suspect that both companies have conspired to fix prices at arbitrarily

Are FS's accounts available publicly? What profit margins does it make on jaws?

Ed, Nice. Without your experience I could not have come even close to stating it so eloquently. Dave Carlson Sent from somewhere in the Western United States, using a Dell Latitude E6520 and

i was told the dog school charges one dollar for the dog, but it cost them thirty five thousand dollars to train a dog and the lions club pay for this because they sponsor the blind. karen

I agree with your description of the advantages of price discrimination. However, your "piracy is greater in 3rd world countries" argument is 1 Overbroad, it is true in some countries but by no means

Thanks, I agree with your position too with just a slight twist-- surely there are vastly more Windows and Apple users and the cost to develop is the key factor to divide out per license. I also

I give my old c ds to my mother who makes covers for them and uses them for saving her tables from moisture getting on the table when yoou set a drink on them. Karen

Am on 10 right now and it's fine. JFW 13.

Although it may be a little further down the course selection than 101, it is an accepted principle of economics that a firm which can discriminate in price will make more money than one which

I think NVDA is nearly there. I think it need's about another year. My points re apple stand. Would you still say you couldn't steal food if the alternative was starving? Because for us computing

Wogg, I hesitate to dignify your rant with comments, and I'm only doing so to direct my thought to other more considerate members of this list. I just copied your statements (with all spellings

Well now, wouldn't that have been unnecessarily simple... (LOL) Point taken.

Agreed, and I'm a big iPad user. Apple is another one like FS which has a product with the iPad with no real competition (some would disagree I realize). My take is Apple has the real smooth

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