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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On Nov 24, 2011, at 11:44 AM, aki <aki275@gmail.com> wrote:

@Brainiac, imo:

Let us talk about input costs, assuming that all software development was done in Nairobi, on both so as to establish a market value:

- The level of skilled programmers needed on both and time spent on creating actual code that provides the functionality of the software

- Graphics teams or graphics artists needed.

- Code testers

- Code certification process and evaluation

- Support teams and costs

- Marketing costs

- Sales teams

- Commercial resellers

I think this would be a good start.



On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 11:33 AM, [ Brainiac ] <arebacollins@gmail.com> wrote:
my point is, without going through the specifics, we cannot reliably give opinion. consider also that elec in nairobi costs different from elec in copenhagen, as does the hourly wage and tax... compounding that with company growth objectives, you can never have a right or wrong answer to your question.



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