Re: Software Prices

[Herbert H Gottlieb <herbgottlieb@JUNO.COM>]

Considering the amount of work that is needed to prepare such programs,
the prices that you state would have been VERY reasonable about 10 years
ago.  However, a price of  $159.95 for the single user is much too high
in today's market. For example, Quicken Deluxe 99 (the latest data base
program) by Intuit is now  priced at only $69.95 .  The titles of the
programs that are included on the CD that you cite appear to be extras
that make life more pleasant for physics teachers and students but they
do not seem to be unique "must haves"  and they must compete with other
graph and video programs that cost in the area of $49.95.

Herb Gottlieb from New York City
(Where physics textbooks cost much more than physics CD's)



On Thu, 08 Apr 1999 17:10:05 -0400 Robert Carlson <Raacc@AOL.COM> writes:
> I'd appreciate comments from the list on prices for software.  I am
> concerned, as most of us are, about the price of software and wonder
> if the
> pricing packages listed below are reasonable.  Assume the CD has four
> applications that might be of interest to physics educators including
> video
> analysis, graphical analysis, lecture notes software, and graphics
> tutorial
> software.  If the prices are not reasonable, then please suggest a
> reasonable
> price (other than free).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bob Carlson
>
> Single User $159.00
> Lab Pack-10 (One CD with a license for ten computers) $295.00
> Site License (One CD with a site license) $450.00
>
> Reduced Prices for high volume CD orders
>
> All high volume orders are final and you must allow six weeks for
> delivery.
>
> For orders of 30-100 CDs the price is $16.00/CD. This includes one
> additional single user complementary CD for instructional use and one
> printed manual. You may freely copy the printed manual.
>
> For orders of more than 100 CDs the price is $14.00/CD. This includes
> two additional single user complementary CDs for instructional use
> and one printed manual. You may freely copy the printed manual.
>
> The license agreements for high volume CD orders are:
>
> If a student is the purchaser of a CD, then the student may install
> the
> software on their own personal computer and install the software on
> one educational institution's computer while the student is enrolled
> in a
> course at the educational institution requiring the software. After
> the
> student completes the course, the educational institution must
> uninstall
> all copies of the software that the educational institution does not
> have
> licenses for. The student is free to resell the CD, similar to a
> textbook,
> however, the license is only valid for the owner of the CD.
>
> If an educational institution is the purchaser of the CD(s), then the
> educational institution may install the software on as many computers
> as they have CDs and allow students, in a course where the software
> is
> required, to borrow CDs and install the software on their own
> personal
> computers for the duration of the course that requires the software.
> At
> any point in time, the number of students that have the software
> installed on their own personal computers cannot exceed the number of
> CDs owned by the educational institution. After a student's
> enrollment
> in a course requiring the software has ended, the student no longer
> has
> a license for the software and must remove the software from their
> own personal computer.
>
> For all other cases, the purchaser of a CD has a single user license
> and may install the software only on one personal computer.