Re: Best of Music Studio

[email@DELETE_THIS.luddite.no-ip.com (Simon Williams)]

Andy McFadden <fadden@fadden.com> wrote:

> >     What sort of got me is after it was pointed out, he said he's not
> > interested in TIAB, and instead of alternate ways to get ahold of these
> > files (which make up a minuscule piece of it) was essentially told--if
> > you're unwilling to pay to get them, then too bad.
> 
> That's the position of one or more individuals, not the official policy of
> the comp.sys.apple2 community or the letter of the law.  They did touch
> upon a valid point though: the market sets the price.  If you can't get
> the material anywhere else, you have to pay.

The basic problem with the Apple II "market" is that 99% of the software
anyone will ever need is available for free, legally or not, so by
comparison any commercially available software doesn't seem like such a
bargain. In the real world, when any product's value approaches $0.00,
the manufacturer/distributor invariably gives up... in the A2 microcosm,
the majority of "consumers" have set the value of software at $0.00, but
there are still suppliers who are asking a higher price than _most_
consumers are willing to pay... but if they are still making sales at a
price that is even a little bit profitable, then it just makes sense for
them to continue doing so until such time as the demand disappears
completely.

However, when a distributor asks $14 shipping for a single 3.5"
diskette, then I just have shake my head.

-s

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