[D-community-offtopic] The more, the better - Was: LightWorks for Linux Demo @ [LAU]

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sun, 2013-03-17 at 13:14 -0400, drew Roberts wrote:
> Well, to be honest, you can get a copy without paying:
> 
> http://sayingsnovel.blogspot.com/
> 
> However, using the logic that expensive things are better, it is obvious that 
> the Libre version that is avaibable gratis is basically worthless, the Libre, 
> non-gratis digital pdf version that is available for $1.69 is worth a little 
> something but the Libre paperback that costs $999,999.99 is a fantastic book 
> indeed.
> 
> I tired to price the paperback at a million dollars but lulu would not let me 
> go that high. It would have been an even better book if their platform or 
> policy did not mess it up that little bit.

I guess it's better to continue here, Dragan isn't completely wrong ;).

My first guess was, what would happen, if somebody really would order it
fore 796.699,42 € [1] ready for despatch 3–5 business days, that's how
it is announced in Germany. But for that price it should be easy for you
to make a paperback from the PDF.

"I think the whole world is crazy except you and I, but I have my doubts
about you." :D

"Nothing wrong with me that money won't cure."

For my first Linux, Suse Linux 9.0 professional I paid around 50 EUR in
2003, resp. for a package including a user handbook and an admin
handbook + CDs + DVD + support. I didn't use the support. The price was
reduced, a so called "student version". IIRC at that time it was
possible to order the first version of Ubuntu for free as in beer. Sure,
Suse download was for free as in beer too.

I wonder how much Windows was at that time.

A German saying "If it's free, it can't be any good." "Was nichts
kostet, ist auch nichts wert." -
http://www.dict.cc/?s=Was+nichts+kostet+ist+auch+nichts+wert

I guess for most people in Germany it's a rule. I didn't ask most German
people about that ;). 

Regards,
Ralf

[1]
A different result by bloomberg:
999,999 United States Dollar (USD) is equal to 764,759.1 Euro (EUR)
USD-EUR Exchange Rate of 0.7648 as of 16:59:59