On 13-May-07, at 11:24 AM, Tim Jones wrote: > On May 13, 2007, at 9:50 AM, Bob Keeney wrote: > >> Geeze, and based on the comments from earlier, no one would want to >> pay anything more than $29.95 for a full featured grid - whatever the >> definition of a grid is. > > No one's complained about paying for a plugin control that does what > is needed, so where did you get that idea?
The common refrain that is "REAL should provide this" is not too far from "but I already paid for this why should I pay more for something that does what I want" > While I personally find > the MBS plugins to be the bargain of the century, I would pay much > more for what Christian brings to the table with that set. MBS and Einhugur are priced very inexpensively for what they provide >> Keep in mind, that the controls Suite from Component One (that has an >> awesome grid for VB6) is nearly $1200 for a YEARLY subscription PER >> developer. If I had 1000 users willing to commit to that size of >> suite someone (maybe even me!) would do it. > > But, you also need to take into account the scale of return that RB > developers face. While it is true that RB offers Windows > compilation, their market share is miniscule (no offense, Geoff) > compared to the other tools out there for Windows. If I'm developing > an application that potentially has over 400 million buyers, I'm a > bit more apt to pay more for my development tools than if I've got > the much smaller potential that is Mac. Which is why you use RB pro so you can target Mac and Windows > Additionally, outside of Pro > Apps, Mac users expect to pay $69 for their Mac apps with $99 being > the extreme limit for a REALLY important app. Consumer applications maybe > We've done serious market research on this and the sweet spot for a > Mac application > aimed at the desktop is $69 MSRP with a $50 street price. Granted, > the business side of Mac will pay more if you can get a relationship > going, but that is an even smaller part of the Mac space. Don't > believe that? Look at iLife, Pages and Keynote; even Apple > recognizes that pricing is important in this space. Certainly it is. If people perceive the value is there they will pay what you charge. _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
