Paul Christensen <[log in to unmask]> writes about tier pricing
and an example of a small site not wanting to pay the
'one price fits all' non-tiered cost for our software.

 ... <snip>

> They see it as way to much money to spend on just a program editor,
> that none of their users will use, only me the programmer will use it.

... <snip kind things about Qedit and unkind things about vi>

<major plug>
We've seen this situation before, and our response is to offer a 2-user
license of Qedit for about a quarter of the regular price.
</major plug>

Each vendor has to come to terms with how they price their goods. Their
customers (or lack of them) will be the ones to determine how successful
their policies are. I really can't see HP exerting any pressure on vendors.
HP doesn't have that kind of power and it's so, dare I say, un-american.

/paul   (probably sorry he waded into this thread)

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