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Why do people use 60/90/120 days licenses from Promotions?
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<blockquote data-quote="mazskolnieces" data-source="post: 924752" data-attributes="member: 88422"><p>Penny pinching is no excuse. And stealing software hurts nobody except the ones that want the software. Over the past 30 years, literally hundreds of thousands of software have died off because people didn't want to pay. The next thing is that people complain about bugs and security. Well there'd be a lot less of that if people were willing to pay more. But since they're cheap, they get what they pay for. Sorry, but $50 for a license is not nearly enough for the vast majority of software publishers to cover expenses to deliver what people expect. Only a one person shop with virtually no overhead can afford to be OCD about features and bugs.</p><p></p><p>I don't care if people legitimately use trials. That's why the trials are provided... to evaluate to purchase. But most people on forums like this and elsewhere rarely buy at the end of the trial. All the vendors are aware of this fact and that is why they put comparatively little effort into their consumer products. They make over 90 % of their income in enterprise products.</p><p></p><p>If anyone hadn't guessed like 20 years ago, software is no longer about providing free. It's about making profit. And having to pay - and pay well - for software isn't some terrible thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mazskolnieces, post: 924752, member: 88422"] Penny pinching is no excuse. And stealing software hurts nobody except the ones that want the software. Over the past 30 years, literally hundreds of thousands of software have died off because people didn't want to pay. The next thing is that people complain about bugs and security. Well there'd be a lot less of that if people were willing to pay more. But since they're cheap, they get what they pay for. Sorry, but $50 for a license is not nearly enough for the vast majority of software publishers to cover expenses to deliver what people expect. Only a one person shop with virtually no overhead can afford to be OCD about features and bugs. I don't care if people legitimately use trials. That's why the trials are provided... to evaluate to purchase. But most people on forums like this and elsewhere rarely buy at the end of the trial. All the vendors are aware of this fact and that is why they put comparatively little effort into their consumer products. They make over 90 % of their income in enterprise products. If anyone hadn't guessed like 20 years ago, software is no longer about providing free. It's about making profit. And having to pay - and pay well - for software isn't some terrible thing. [/QUOTE]
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