On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 11:07 AM, Jim Lee <jle...@gmail.com> wrote: > I haven't purchased commercial software in decades, so I'm not up on the > prevailing business model, but I have to ask: > > Why would anyone purchase software and then agree to wait 14 weeks for it to > be delivered? I can see that model for hardware, where material resources > are limited and a finite number of product is produced, but software? > What's the point? >
For the 50% discount, I presume. If you wait 14 weeks, then buy, then own, you pay full price. >From the company's point of view: if the release date is in the future and ALL the revenue is also in the future, cash flow becomes tricky. By getting at least _some_ money in advance, they give themselves a way to pay the bills. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
