[princelton]

I choose not to pirate (often) :P but lets look at this from a math / realism POV....
ill set the stage.....
" a small software company"
owner or ceo 150k a year
2 medium end developers, 100k a year ea, 200k
3 1st-5th year programers 55k a year each, 165k
1 network security / IT / hardware guy 60k a year
1 office receptionect / secretary 30k a year
six hundred thousand five thousand dollars a year in salary+
employee taxes 70k a year
employee bennifets (medical, dental, average plans 65k a year
business taxes 150k a year
loan repayment (start up loans hundreds of thousands in hardware and software) 36K yr
building rent 48k a year
power 10k a year
phone network 15k a year
T1 line 12k a year
microsoft licencing 15k a year
cell phone expences 7k a year
bonuses, xmas party, etc 10k yr
misc. office cleaning, maintenance etc 10k yr
= one million fifty three thousand dollars a year, that's two thousand nine hundred thirty nine dollars a day just to keep the doors open.....
@ ten dollars our little company has to sell 294 downloads a day every day from here till something bad happens with the economy or someone wants a raise.... then what? at best our small company could pull off 4-5 fresh new programs a year to bring that many downlloads, oh but we have no money in our advertising budget..... so we have to charge more so everyone can get their paycheck.....
honestly folks
WE ARE THE WHOLE PROBLEM!!! Not to worry tho the fix is really easy..... every one, get everyone you know, and everyone they know and tomorrow go right in to work and go right up to your boss and demand that he immediately cut your pay in half!! and then call all of your banks, mortgage company and power and phone company and tell them you demand they cut your bill in half and the gas station.... well cut your driving and car value in half and eat and drink only half as much......
if we all do this the prices WILL all come down! but.... since 7/8 of the modern worlds population is not willing to....... expensive software and the people who steal it are going to happen...period.
but, hey, I was wiling to.....