Re: Clam up and pay the 50 Clams.....

Folks,

As much fun as it is to sit in our respective backseats and have a  
debate on the Omni Group's pricing decisions, I'm starting to think  
the discussion has drifted away from the Omnigraffle focus this list  
usually enjoys.

I would therefore like to humbly request that you consider moving this  
particular conversation to one of the Omni Group Forums (e.g., http://forums.omnigroup.com/forumdisplay.php?f=60 
  or http://forums.omnigroup.com/forumdisplay.php?f=24 ).  The more  
open nature of the forums could help draw in comments from the larger  
user and potential-user community.

My best,
Sara "Scout" Sinclair
(Avid Omni fan and poor graduate student)


> As with any other purchase, software or hardware, do you really need  
> the latest version of the software, or is it just "nice-to-hvae"?
>
> The same question applies to wether you need the pro version or can  
> happily live without the few features that is available in the pro  
> version.
>
> If your iPad/Macintosh is used for work related matter - then you  
> will afford the software. If your iPad/Macintosh is strictly for  
> private use - then you'll need to prioritize.
>
> OmniGraffle is a speciality application- it won't sell as many items  
> as other, more main stream, applications. Due to this fact it is  
> expected that such an application will cost a tad bit more.
>
> If you compare OmniGraffle to their main competitor on the Macintosh  
> - their price is USD 50,- higher - and they do not have a iPad  
> version.
>
> Seriously - USD 50,- is not expensive. If you had to spend USD 50,-  
> a week to upgrade the software - then it would have been expensive.  
> How often do you need to up grade OmniGraffle (or any other  
> software) - once a year? Once every 1.5 year? If you take the cost  
> of OmniGraffle (any version, any platform) and divide it on the  
> number of days you had the software without upgrading - the price  
> would be pretty low. When I did upgrade to the latest version of the  
> software, it had gone more than 500 days since last upgrade (and I  
> use it nearly every day for work related matters). This is less than  
> 10,- US Cent a day.
>
> To put the price into a local perspective: If you compare the price  
> of the software - it's in the same price point as a pizza with 2  
> large soft drinks (at least in this country).
>
>> Omni should of course maximize their profit, but a price point of  
>> $50 might not be doing that.
>>
>> After forking out a lot of money for the hardware, accessories, the  
>> iWork apps, and some other apps (games...shhh!), my wallet is  
>> already in pretty bad shape right now. 50 dollars for a single app  
>> that duplicates functionality I already have on my computer is  
>> probably just too much. Just one data point, but $25 is probably my  
>> max for this.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Ahhh, I'm buyin it. They deserve the support. Everyone quit  
>>>> whining and cough it up. It's piddling catchup for such overly  
>>>> reasonable app prices we've all enjoyed over these many years  
>>>> from Omni for INCREDIBLE software they OFTEN update to our  
>>>> collective hearts desires..... So they deserve a little "pop"  
>>>> once in a while form the throbbing horde....
>>> <snip>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, really you guys (and gals) at OMNI for continuing great  
>>>> software service to all of us!
>>>
>>> Verité Verruto!
>>> As someone old enough to remember having to pay $3000 per seat for  
>>> a VMS Fortran compiler ferchrissakes, 50 bucks is practically free  
>>> for such a great tool/toy.