Anthony Harmon's Profile

There are 3 factors at work here: 1. Stinginess EXPECTING to get something for free when you've already paid for its predecessor at a STEEP discount is just plain being cheap. There are all sorts of parallels that could be used; not the least of which is all the uproar that ensued from when Apple dropped the price of the iPhone soon after all the early adopters paid a premium for it. The lesson learned was: GET OVER IT 2. Inexperience The Internet Experience is rife with boatloads of newbies who think they deserve the red carpet treatment for shelling out $29. The fact is that all software developers WANT REPEAT BUSINESS. They're not out to give away anything. It's a whole lot easier to sell a newer version to veteran customers than dig up new customers, so why not give them a discount for product loyalty? Adobe does this when you buy into Photoshop. The $649 CS3 program you buy will be the $199 upgrade version the next time around. The people who buy in, are very happy to buy the upgrade versions down the line... 3. Selfishness The Internet is the land of "ME ME ME!" Why should someone pay for anything they need when they can download all the things they want for free. A group of dedicated people worked extremely hard to create a software program that tens of thousands of people use. Why shouldn't they get paid a modest $15 for an upgrade? The old saying "Pennywise and pound foolish" has never been more appropriate.