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If I could negatively rep a post, I'd be pressing the button for this one. That sorta crap shouldn't be condoned here.

 

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But Adobe looks at it as a criminal offence and they will push for criminal charges.

 

I agree with you, that it isn't fair to pay so much more. And I"m not sure why a CD would cost that much more in a different country. However, your approach to it, isn't lowering the price of it for any us that does have or would like to have a legal copy of it.

 

Those prices are even if you Download it from their site, and dont kid yourself, if everyone stopped downloading illigal copys tommorow, they would never lower the price, nor would new products be any cheeper. They are far to greedy for that.

The ONLY reason software is charged differently is because they want more money. thats why dvd's have regions, so europe can get ****ed over with stupidly high prices.

They are taking the piss outta the british by charging so much, well the british are taking the piss back by paying nothing for it.

 

Supposedly, the cost is for Adobe to maintain local offices in Europe: link

Regardless of whether you believe their story or not, it doesn't give you the right to steal the product. Do I have the right to steal a car because it costs more here than it does in Japan? How about petrol? Do you have the right to steal it because it costs 3x as much in the UK as it does in the US?

If it's worth using, it's worth buying. If you want to use it, buy it. If you think it costs too much, speak with your wallet and don't buy it. But then, don't use it. If you do, you're stealing.

 

Oh brilliant, so we can assume that they dont have tohave local offices in US....

Whats the cost difference between setting up an office in another state and setting one up abroad? Assuming both cover the same amount of population both should bring in the same amount of sales/profit.... there might be a couple of hundred $s difference in setup costs as prices for products in each country vary, but they seem intent on making that back a million times over. Just concider to yourself the costs involved, are they really THAT MUCH different in different countries?

and let account for this difference lets say each supported area sells 5 million copies, in the UK according to your source we pay $913 more per copy.

5,000,000 x 913 = $4,565,000,000

is the cost DIFFERENCE between countries really 4 and a half BILLION dollars?

I would also love to add, customer services in teh US are open 6am-8pm, whereas in the uk its 9-5, so its most likly CHEEPER to run a UK office than a US one


As for petrol prices in the UK, Goverment tax is about 65% of the cost of fuel, if you could steal from the goverment but not the station itself then i would condone it, the station itself is making a fair and reasonable profit, the goverment are to blame for most of teh costs.

 

I have a copy of XP. I did not pay for it. Am I breaking the law? No, why because it came with a book that I purchased. Every 120 days I have to reinstall it. As long as I am prepared to work within the restraints imposed upon me then I can work quite happily legally.

I suppose that what I am saying is that if cost is a problem for something then look at the alternatives (what this thread was originally about), somewhere we seem to have drifted slightly off topic.



By the way for the record I'd recommend NVU.

 

Yes defo back to topic,

However the point of regions on dvd's was originally to ensure a scheduled set of releases for films, (which of course we all know USA gets them first then eventually we get them minus the extras). But then get yourself a multiregion dvd player then goto playusa.com and jobs a good 'un.

I do agree we pay more for absolutely everything mind you but thats not always a company thing its just something we in the UK have to get used to, if you dont like it up sticks and go somewhere else!

 

Since the name of this topic is Free alternatives to Dreamweaver, I can only assume you posted this response in the wrong thread, dales.

 

Blimey,

Seeing as I was the person that originally started this thread - let me see if I can steer it back in the right direction.

Several people have recommended NVU as a reasonable (well it's free ) alternative to Dreamweaver. Why is this? Can you elaborate on some of the features on offer... and advise as to whether or not it supports CSS and Javascript.

 

Hey trip,

nope not wrong post as message 24 states the region we have dvd regions is so they can charge us more. anyhoo back to topic, let us know what you think of NVU.

 

good call rep appointed

SOFTWARE IS EXPENSIVE BECAUSE PEOPLE STEAL IT SO THE MANUFACTURERS HAVE TO PUT UP THEIR PRICES TO ACCOUNT FOR THE LOSS OF MONEY THAT OCCURS BECAUSE PEOPLE STEAL IT.