Re: Russia + shop.borland.com = Export restrictions?

Hello, Rene!
You wrote on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:06:34 +0100:

RT> Russia is a special case, and I also suggest Codegear
RT> finds some doable ways quick. I've seen university shops
RT> selling *any* software for a dollar each. So if there
RT> are locals interested in purchasing, the problems should
RT> be solved. The 1$ versions will still be there, but every
RT> copy sold is a copy sold. The society is somewhat split,
RT> I know scientific staff working for 150$ a month, and
RT> there are others who consider 150$ spare cash for croceries.

Actually 1$ is too cheap. Currently almost any popular software can be
bought for 100..120 roubles which is roughly equivalent of USD$4.5. If you
don't need support of course. Delphi is highly popular, however people
perefer to use not licensed software. A developer with a montly salary about
USD ~$800 (i'm don't talk abouth _rich_ moscow guys) just unable to buy
neither Delphi nor Windows nor any other software.

Recently i made small study. I offered following question. "Imagine you
cannot use pirated software and you must either buy Vista or move to Linux.
How much you CAN pay for Vista?" There was wide range of answers but it was
$30..35 in average. So people willing to pay, just according to their
abilities.

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