On Tuesday 18 March 2008 04:50, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 10:30:24PM +0530, Raj Kiran Grandhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > > Ron Johnson wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >> Hash: SHA1 > >> > >> > >> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/16/AR200803 > >>1602168.html > > > > Interesting. This reminds me of some article I read somewhere regarding > > the perception that people tend to take things that are free as in beer > > (linux, for instance) to mean that they are not worth anything. > > > > The author proposes that instead of telling people that linux is free > > (and hence worthless) it would probably be a better idea to quote the > > price of paid support of, say, Ubuntu desktop @ $250 per year, and then > > tell them that since he happens to be a 'licensed distributor' for it, > > he could manage to get them a couple of licenses for free. > > If you follow the article Ron linked to above, special discounts are > apparently subject to the same effect. In a study where people took > supposedly mind-enhancing placebo drinks, people who drank the more > expensive version (around $1.80) were twice as effective *even though > the researchers explicitly told them that the discount version (around > $0.80) was exactly the same substance*. > > Daniel
Well, I don't about other countries, but in France you can get the new office 2007 for free from $M. I guess, people are not going to like it? [smile] Thierry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
