Seggy - Yep, we will see more and more "Push button software" And one day I will probably be using it too. But that's a topic for a whole other discussion of quality versus ease of use, industry standards etc.
Could we 'rip' these people off? - no way - they are far too smart and informed for that!
That is a great sound bite! But yes you
can ripe them off and I still believe you are. Mihai agrees with your price point, I wouldn't expect him not too. I don't and I am one of the people who could be a customer, even though I am not designing the tools that are shaping our lives I still use various kinds of 3D related programs.
I like what your program does, it serves a good function and I would buy it...but not at the price you are asking...absolutely not.
It's my opinion that you good people missed an opportunity to make even more money on your package, if that's what it's about...the bottom line, by not offering it at a much lower price and appealing to a far broader market.
But you stated that you designed the software specifically for the designers you describe above and by inference, not other 3D users.
You could saturate the "push button" market and then offer a lower priced version with less functions for the more general 3D user's market. You inferred that in your email. That doesn't sit very well with me either, I don't appreciate tiered price and adjusted function structures. Makes me feel punished for not being able to afford the "best" version.
The long and short of it is we disagree on the price and that's about it.
Just to be clear here. I don't think you guys are "bad" people, you are probably, as you said, good people there.
This could lead to a whole very interesting discussion on intellectual property , which we all have a vested interest in, but again that's a topic for a whole other thread.
Thanks for joining in, listening and saying what you have.
Cheers, Ron
