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On Wed, 08 Mar 2006 21:15:05 +0000 Owain wrote :
I suppose if it was too cheap, people accustomed to paying £xxx for
Autocad etc would not take it seriously.


Back in DOS days there was a comms program called ProComm. The UK
agent said at a conference "We had to increase the price of ProComm
four times before anyone would take it seriously" and this effect is
still true. Anyone who feels embarrassed by the idea of only using a
£149 program to do their steel calculations is welcome to send me
more!

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