On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Jared Koyier <jaredkoyier@gmail.com>wrote:
The user should pay what the seller is asking for or near offer. Maybe the question would then change to what should a seller really charge for the software?
What any user is willing to pay for a software should be tied to expected utility or informed by some cost benefit analysis. Am sure if you needed a hole fixed on an oil tank you might be willing to pay more compared to a case where the tank were carrying water or human waste.
Most developer, webdesigners or software companies at least in Kenya go with the Price differentiation,same software is the priced depending on who is buying.
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@Jared, thnks. You inputs adds a new view. I'd also really like to address the specifics of doing software development in Kenya, based on Proprietary or Freedom Software. Both are not commercially free items, and both are competing for the same markets, so who is really at a handicap? And without the consumer market unaware, it could be a story of trying to sell a Toyota for the price of a Bentley due to lack of information. I hope this thread will take into consideration the end user/consumer benefit. Cheers.