Do you buy all your software?

[GohanSSJ]

Consider This, Prices Have To Be Increased Becoz Many People Are Using Pirate Software

If you think your going to lower the price by buying it then your wrong...

Besides it's shenanigans, they make most profit from companys who buy lots of them.

Just like Photoshop, almost no one buys it, except for company's.

Also Windows (95 and up) never was cheap, even when it didn't got copied.

 

[Speedhorn666]

Don't give 2 shits but sofeware, not paying:tp:

CDs on the other hand- I actually care about the music business lol so I try and buy as many proper CDs as I can. The fact that they r way overpriced stops me from buyin all the CDs I want tho...

 

[Bud the Weiser]

I will buy computer games and stuff if i want to play them online, therefore needing a CD key. I will also buy games that I like coz i dont like having good companies screwed over, altho overpriced packages like windows etc i wudnt pay 4.

 

[GriffinHeart]

It's like this, most company's are ripping you off, Microsoft could make windows much cheaper, but hey they want to make themselfs richer and richer, and that while lots of people already use copied versions, they are asking way to much.

pfffft....i don't tink that their prices r rong, since i've started 2 learn programation, now i know how much trouble is 2 make a OS i don't tink that the effort of teams with more then 100 persons and 2 years of hard work should be cheap -.-

oh and btw do you really tink that the get their profits from us? home users the big moneys is on the companies that they provide with services i would say we r like 10% if that much of their profit

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[GohanSSJ]

Griffin as i said before "Besides it's shenanigans, they make most profit from companys who buy lots of them."

Anyway i really don't feel sad for MS, they are ripping millions of people off with their products, i really don't care if they loose some money.

 

[DonTonberry]

I Really Don't Think They Are Ripping Us Off TBH

I Started To Learn Programming And poop And The Time And Effort Involved In Making A Big Project Is Unreal.

 

[GohanSSJ]

Ofcourse they are not ripping us off, the small fact that Bill Gates is the richest guy in the world because of MS is a minor detail eh?

He could easily drop the price of his products and still make a lot of profit.

 

[DarkBahamut]

lol gohan that pic was taken when they got the "FREE DAY OF MIRRRRRR OMFG JOIN NOW FOR FREE DAAAYYYYYY!!!!!" -_-

 

[DonTonberry]

Ofcourse they are not ripping us off, the small fact that Bill Gates is the richest guy in the world because of MS is a minor detail eh?

He could easily drop the price of his products and still make a lot of profit.

He Is In This Business For A Profit.

How Many People Bought MS Products?

We Do Not Know How Much He Pays His Programmers, His Artists Or His GUI Developers So We Cannot Say If He's Ripping Us Off.

The Fact That He Is The Richest Man In The World Shows He Is A Good Business Man, Or His Products Are The Best On The Market.

 

[GohanSSJ]

It depends what you call a good business man, yeah he has the best products on the market, but then again there is no real other products opposing his, except for linux and all, but that's hardly a problem for MS.

And really, if you honestly believe they couldn't drop the price and still make lots of profit, then you need to get your head checked.

The reason why he asks a lot, is because you can't buy similiar stuff anywhere else anyway.

 

[DonTonberry]

Then He Doesn't Need To Drop The Prices.

He Is A Good Business Man, In This World It's Dog Eat Dog, And He's The Kebab Man Selling The Left Over Meat.

 

[GohanSSJ]

I don't see your point here, except for thinking just like him, just because you CAN rip off people doesn't mean you HAVE to rip people off.

 

[DonTonberry]

We Do Not Know If He's Ripping Us Off TBH

Until We See The Figures, We Cannot Say

 

[GohanSSJ]

Well the fact that he has like 40 billion dollars should say enough...

EDIT: Got the numbers mixed up, still 40 billion ain't bad...

 

[DonTonberry]

What He Has Yes

The Company Is A Seperate Body, He's Just The CeO. He Never Even Created Microsoft, And He Does Not Own It. He Created Windows And Sold It To Microsoft

Thus = Richest Man In The World

 

[GohanSSJ]

Microsoft is the number 15 on the list of richest company's....

 

[DonTonberry]

Noticed Another Thing Regarding Your Point

You Said They Could Lower The Price And Still Be In Profit.

They Have To Pay Wages, Advertising, Packing, Mass Production And Distribution.

And TBH You Can't Argue With

 

[GohanSSJ]

Look you don't have to tell me that you can't go anywhere else to get your OS, however that doesn't make it less ripping off.

And they are earning lots of money, they really can drop prices, trust me...

 

[DonTonberry]

But I Can't See Why They Should

They Can't Overcharge You Because Its Against The Law, They Are Allowed To Make So Much Profit. The RRP Is Based On Man Hours, Materials, Any Other Costs + Profit

 

[GohanSSJ]

You can't see why they should? Maybe to make it for people cheaper to buy it, hows that for a reason?