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Old 06-18-2007
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Re: Cost of Software and Death of Innovation

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Originally Posted by Eglaelin View Post
Namaste,



What happened to creating great music because you enjoy creating great music? What happened to creating great art because you were an artist and wanted to make great art? What happened to being a craftsman because you wanted to create great works? It all comes down the fact that making money has become more important than the work itself. Is any software worth $1000.00 per copy when there are millions of copies being sold. The simple fact, as I see it, is the prices are artificially exagerated so people can make immense profits and keep others from creating something that might compete with the product.

In Peace,
Eglaelin
the truly artistic know their stuff is valuable.
the crappy artists have contracts and red tape and even more business crap.
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