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                        Top Ten Mac Software Rip-offs
                            Monday, July 20, 1992


Well, Claris were presumably disappointed by their performance in last week's
chart, a dismal 24% rip-off on ClarisWorks.  This week they've jumped
straight in at number three with a healthy 55% mark-up on MacDraw Pro.

But our new heroes are Aldus, straight in at number one with "Personal
Press", cut-down software at a marked-up price.

Salient Crippleware are knocked down to fourth place, and I suspect they'll
drop still further next week.  C'mon, guys; deliberately crippling
AutoDoubler shows you're willing to compete, so why don't you raise your
prices even more?


 #   Company               Product            UK RRP  US RRP   UK RRP Rip-off
      name                  name              pounds     $        $     %ge

 1 Aldus         Personal Press               199.00  195.00   371.48  86.67
 2 Symantec      Anti-virus for the Macintosh  99.00   89.00   169.55  71.26
 3 Claris        MacDraw Pro                  399.00  325.00   619.12  55.17
 4 Salient       AutoDoubler (crippleware)     79.95   65.00   123.83  54.88
 5 Aladdin       StuffIt Deluxe 2.0            99.00   79.00   150.50  52.02
 6 On Technology OnLocation                   129.95   99.00   188.60  45.13
 7 Beagle Bros   BeagleWorks                  299.95  219.00   417.20  39.09
 8 Pixar         MacRenderman                 995.00  695.00  1323.98  33.06
 9 Lotus         1-2-3                        495.00  345.00   657.23  32.77
10 Aldus         Freehand                     595.00  395.00   752.48  26.47

              Exchange rate used was 1.905 dollars to the pound.


mathew
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References:
1	US: MacWorld June 1992 p.141	UK: MacUser April 3 1992 p.101
2	US: MacWorld June 1992 p.24	UK: MacUser May 15 1992 p.89
3	US: MacWorld July 1992 p.21	UK: Claris brochure
4	US: MacWorld June 1992 p.125	UK: MacUser May 15 1992 p.18
5	Guess
6	US: MacWorld June 1992 p.188	UK: MacUser May 15 1992 p.89
7	US: MacWorld June 1992 p.164	UK: MacUser April 3 1992 p.86
8	US: MacWorld June 1992 p.180	UK: MacUser May 15 1992 p.83
9	US: MacWorld April 1992 p.174	UK: MacUser April 3 1992 p.102
10	US: MacWorld June 1992 p.202	UK: MacUser May 15 1992 p.84

Note:
Opinions expressed are those of the author, and nothing to do with Mantis
Consultants.  Don't bother suing me; if I had enough money to make it worth
your while I'd be able to afford your software.