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Re: It costs how much?!!?! [message #22694 is a reply to message #22626]

Tue, 05 December 2000 00:00

davidf
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Registered: September 1996

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Bruce Bowler (bbowler@bigelow.org) writes:

> I've said it before and I'll say it again... RSI/Kodak ought to GIVE
> AWAY the student version. There is no better way to get penetration
> into the workplace than to have new hires experienced in using your
> product. There's no better way to get students to use a product than to
> GIVE it to them.

I think the impression most people have is that if
someone is giving something away, it's not worth
much. I do think it makes sense though to charge
a reasonable price for students. (I'm thinking
something in the range of $200, which seems to
be the going academic pricing if people can get
it together enough to order a site license.
That seems fair to me, given what you can do
with IDL.)

But I have to admit, I haven't had much luck
selling software. A much more effective strategy
(for me anyway) is to give software away and
then sell the documentation to it. People seem
willing to pay quite a lot for *that*. :-)

Cheers,

David

P.S. Let's just say that I briefly had something less
than the 35,000th most popular book on Amazon last week.
That's pretty rarified air for a *documentation*
specialist. :-)

--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting
Phone: 970-221-0438 E-Mail: davidf@dfanning.com
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
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		It costs how much?!!?! By: billybobsuzanne on Thu, 30 November 2000 00:00
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Wed, 06 December 2000 00:00
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: Kenneth Mankoff on Wed, 06 December 2000 00:00
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: Kenneth Mankoff on Wed, 06 December 2000 00:00
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: davidf on Wed, 06 December 2000 00:00
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: davidf on Wed, 06 December 2000 00:00
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: Randall Skelton on Wed, 06 December 2000 00:00
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: Kenneth Mankoff on Tue, 05 December 2000 22:43
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: Nick Bower on Tue, 05 December 2000 19:54
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: davidf on Tue, 05 December 2000 00:00
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: Bruce Bowler on Tue, 05 December 2000 00:00
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		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: Nigel Wade on Tue, 05 December 2000 00:00
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		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: davidf on Mon, 04 December 2000 00:00
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: Craig Markwardt on Mon, 04 December 2000 00:00
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Mon, 04 December 2000 00:00
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: Randall Skelton on Mon, 04 December 2000 00:00
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		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: billybobsuzanne on Sun, 03 December 2000 00:00
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: Nick Bower on Fri, 01 December 2000 00:00
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: davidf on Thu, 30 November 2000 00:00
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		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Thu, 30 November 2000 00:00
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: John-David T. Smith on Thu, 30 November 2000 00:00
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: Paul van Delst on Mon, 11 December 2000 06:10
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: davidf on Sun, 10 December 2000 15:10
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: nrh on Sun, 10 December 2000 14:19
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: Randall Skelton on Fri, 08 December 2000 17:25
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: Paul van Delst on Fri, 08 December 2000 05:49
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: Paul van Delst on Fri, 08 December 2000 05:38
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		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: Nick Bower on Thu, 07 December 2000 09:56
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Thu, 07 December 2000 09:30
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Thu, 07 December 2000 09:35
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: davidf on Thu, 07 December 2000 09:51
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: Nick Bower on Thu, 07 December 2000 09:34
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: Nick Bower on Thu, 07 December 2000 09:30
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: davidf on Thu, 07 December 2000 08:48
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Thu, 07 December 2000 08:28
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: davidf on Thu, 07 December 2000 08:40
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Thu, 07 December 2000 08:13
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: Peter Clinch on Thu, 07 December 2000 08:10
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: davidf on Thu, 07 December 2000 07:55
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: Nigel Wade on Thu, 07 December 2000 07:28
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: davidf on Thu, 07 December 2000 00:00
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: Randall Skelton on Thu, 07 December 2000 00:00
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: davidf on Thu, 07 December 2000 00:00
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: Paul van Delst on Thu, 07 December 2000 00:00
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		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: Craig Markwardt on Wed, 06 December 2000 00:00
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: John-David T. Smith on Wed, 06 December 2000 00:00
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Wed, 06 December 2000 00:00
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: Craig Markwardt on Wed, 06 December 2000 00:00
		Re: It costs how much?!!?! By: Kenneth Mankoff on Wed, 06 December 2000 00:00
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