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mathew <mathew@mantis.co.uk> writes:
> By popular demand, I present...
>                         Top Ten Mac Software Rip-offs
>                             Monday, July 13, 1992

So, folks, how was that for a first attempt?

Send me your comments.  Send me your corrections.  (The maths should be OK,
as the calculations are all done automatically).  But most of all, send me
your nominations.  I want to know about the worst excesses of monopoly
marketing and overpricing.  US RRPs are especially welcomed; UK ones I can
usually find for myself.  Please give references like the following:

>  1 US: MacWorld June 1992 p.24   UK: MacUser May 15 1992 p.89

if possible, as I wouldn't want anyone to accuse me of deliberately falsifying
the figures.

Also, I'd like to put together a list of how to remove the crippling code
from well-known applications.  If you've bought a crippled US application and
hacked it to work in the UK, please send me details.

I bought another US MacWorld at the weekend, so updates will be forthcoming.
I'm sure the above examples are comparatively mild; they were just the first
ten products whose US RRPs I found and which were priced at more than 5%
extra in the UK.

For reference, products *not* overpriced in the UK include most Microsoft
stuff, all Borland stuff, and quite a few games.  If they can do it, why
can't the others?


mathew
[ Oh, and if someone would like to send the article to Salient... I gather
  their Applelink account bounces mail from the Internet. ]
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